llithro
Appearance
Welsh
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From llithr + -o, from Proto-Celtic *slixtro-,[1] from Proto-Indo-European *sleyb- (“to glide”), whence also English slip.[2]
Pronunciation
[edit]Verb
[edit]llithro (first-person singular present llithraf)
Conjugation
[edit]Conjugation (literary)
singular | plural | impersonal | ||||||
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first | second | third | first | second | third | |||
present indicative/future | llithraf | llithri | llithra | llithrwn | llithrwch | llithrant | llithrir | |
imperfect (indicative/subjunctive)/ conditional |
llithrwn | llithrit | llithrai | llithrem | llithrech | llithrent | llithrid | |
preterite | llithrais | llithraist | llithrodd | llithrasom | llithrasoch | llithrasant | llithrwyd | |
pluperfect | llithraswn | llithrasit | llithrasai | llithrasem | llithrasech | llithrasent | llithrasid, llithresid | |
present subjunctive | llithrwyf | llithrych | llithro | llithrom | llithroch | llithront | llithrer | |
imperative | — | llithra | llithred | llithrwn | llithrwch | llithrent | llithrer | |
verbal noun | llithro | |||||||
verbal adjectives | llithredig llithradwy |
Conjugation (colloquial)
Inflected colloquial forms | singular | plural | ||||
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first | second | third | first | second | third | |
future | llithra i, llithraf i | llithri di | llithrith o/e/hi, llithriff e/hi | llithrwn ni | llithrwch chi | llithran nhw |
conditional | llithrwn i, llithrswn i | llithret ti, llithrset ti | llithrai fo/fe/hi, llithrsai fo/fe/hi | llithren ni, llithrsen ni | llithrech chi, llithrsech chi | llithren nhw, llithrsen nhw |
preterite | llithrais i, llithres i | llithraist ti, llithrest ti | llithrodd o/e/hi | llithron ni | llithroch chi | llithron nhw |
imperative | — | llithra | — | — | llithrwch | — |
Note: All other forms are periphrastic, as usual in colloquial Welsh. |
Mutation
[edit]radical | soft | nasal | aspirate |
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llithro | lithro | unchanged | unchanged |
Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Welsh.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.
References
[edit]- ^ R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke et al., editors (1950–present), “llithro”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies
- ^ Morris Jones, John (1913) A Welsh Grammar, Historical and Comparative, Oxford: Clarendon Press, § 86 iii (1)