maethu
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Welsh
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From maeth (“nourishment; nurture”) + -u.
Pronunciation
[edit]- (North Wales) IPA(key): /ˈmeɨ̯θɨ̞/
- (South Wales) IPA(key): /ˈmei̯θi/
- Rhymes: -eɨ̯θɨ̞
Verb
[edit]maethu (first-person singular present maethaf)
Conjugation
[edit]Conjugation (literary)
singular | plural | impersonal | ||||||
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first | second | third | first | second | third | |||
present indicative/future | maethaf | maethi | maetha | maethwn | maethwch | maethant | maethir | |
imperfect (indicative/subjunctive)/ conditional |
maethwn | maethit | maethai | maethem | maethech | maethent | maethid | |
preterite | maethais | maethaist | maethodd | maethasom | maethasoch | maethasant | maethwyd | |
pluperfect | maethaswn | maethasit | maethasai | maethasem | maethasech | maethasent | maethasid, maethesid | |
present subjunctive | maethwyf | maethych | maetho | maethom | maethoch | maethont | maether | |
imperative | — | maetha | maethed | maethwn | maethwch | maethent | maether | |
verbal noun | maethu | |||||||
verbal adjectives | maethedig maethadwy |
Conjugation (colloquial)
Inflected colloquial forms | singular | plural | ||||
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first | second | third | first | second | third | |
future | maetha i, maethaf i | maethi di | maethith o/e/hi, maethiff e/hi | maethwn ni | maethwch chi | maethan nhw |
conditional | maethwn i, maethswn i | maethet ti, maethset ti | maethai fo/fe/hi, maethsai fo/fe/hi | maethen ni, maethsen ni | maethech chi, maethsech chi | maethen nhw, maethsen nhw |
preterite | maethais i, maethes i | maethaist ti, maethest ti | maethodd o/e/hi | maethon ni | maethoch chi | maethon nhw |
imperative | — | maetha | — | — | maethwch | — |
Note: All other forms are periphrastic, as usual in colloquial Welsh. |
Derived terms
[edit]- paramaethu (“permaculture”)
Mutation
[edit]Welsh mutation | |||
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radical | soft | nasal | aspirate |
maethu | faethu | unchanged | unchanged |
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. |
Further reading
[edit]- R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke et al., editors (1950–present), “maethu”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies