llethu
Appearance
Welsh
[edit]Etymology
[edit].
Pronunciation
[edit]- (North Wales) IPA(key): /ˈɬɛθɨ̞/
- (South Wales) IPA(key): /ˈɬeːθi/, /ˈɬɛθi/
- Rhymes: -ɛθɨ̞
Verb
[edit]llethu (first-person singular present llethaf)
- to press down (on)
- Synonyms: pwyso (ar), pwyso i lawr
- to squash, to crush
- to overwhelm, to vanquish
- to overpower, to subdue
- Synonyms: gorthrymu, gorthrechu, cyfarsangu, gormesu, darostwng
- (figurative) to quell, to quench, to stifle, to stamp out, to extirpate (e.g. wrath, lasciviousness)
- Synonyms: diffodd, dileu, rhoi pen ar, diddymu
- (intransitive) to be crushed or overwhelmed
Conjugation
[edit]Conjugation (literary)
singular | plural | impersonal | ||||||
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first | second | third | first | second | third | |||
present indicative/future | llethaf | llethi | lletha | llethwn | llethwch | llethant | llethir | |
imperfect (indicative/subjunctive)/ conditional |
llethwn | llethit | llethai | llethem | llethech | llethent | llethid | |
preterite | llethais | llethaist | llethodd | llethasom | llethasoch | llethasant | llethwyd | |
pluperfect | llethaswn | llethasit | llethasai | llethasem | llethasech | llethasent | llethasid, llethesid | |
present subjunctive | llethwyf | llethych | lletho | llethom | llethoch | llethont | llether | |
imperative | — | lletha | llethed | llethwn | llethwch | llethent | llether | |
verbal noun | llethu | |||||||
verbal adjectives | llethedig llethadwy |
Conjugation (colloquial)
Inflected colloquial forms | singular | plural | ||||
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first | second | third | first | second | third | |
future | lletha i, llethaf i | llethi di | llethith o/e/hi, llethiff e/hi | llethwn ni | llethwch chi | llethan nhw |
conditional | llethwn i, llethswn i | llethet ti, llethset ti | llethai fo/fe/hi, llethsai fo/fe/hi | llethen ni, llethsen ni | llethech chi, llethsech chi | llethen nhw, llethsen nhw |
preterite | llethais i, llethes i | llethaist ti, llethest ti | llethodd o/e/hi | llethon ni | llethoch chi | llethon nhw |
imperative | — | lletha | — | — | llethwch | — |
Note: All other forms are periphrastic, as usual in colloquial Welsh. |
Derived terms
[edit]- llethol (“overwhelming”)
Mutation
[edit]radical | soft | nasal | aspirate |
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llethu | lethu | unchanged | unchanged |
Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Welsh.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.
Further reading
[edit]- R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke et al., editors (1950–present), “llethu”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies