merthyru

Welsh

Etymology

From merthyr (“martyr”) +‎ -u.

Pronunciation

• (North Wales) IPA^(key): /mɛrˈθərɨ̞/
• (South Wales) IPA^(key): /mɛrˈθərɪ/

Verb

merthyru (first-person singular present merthyraf)

1. to martyr (put someone to death for their religious beliefs)

Conjugation

Conjugation (literary)

	singular			plural			impersonal
	first	second	third	first	second	third
present indicative/future	merthyraf	merthyri	merthyra	merthyrwn	merthyrwch	merthyrant	merthyrir
imperfect (indicative/subjunctive)/ conditional	merthyrwn	merthyrit	merthyrai	merthyrem	merthyrech	merthyrent	merthyrid
preterite	merthyrais	merthyraist	merthyrodd	merthyrasom	merthyrasoch	merthyrasant	merthyrwyd
pluperfect	merthyraswn	merthyrasit	merthyrasai	merthyrasem	merthyrasech	merthyrasent	merthyrasid, merthyresid
present subjunctive	merthyrwyf	merthyrych	merthyro	merthyrom	merthyroch	merthyront	merthyrer
imperative	—	merthyra	merthyred	merthyrwn	merthyrwch	merthyrent	merthyrer
verbal noun	merthyru
verbal adjectives	merthyredig merthyradwy

Conjugation (colloquial)

inflected colloquial forms	singular			plural
	first	second	third	first	second	third
future	merthyra i, merthyraf i	merthyri di	merthyrith o/e/hi, merthyriff e/hi	merthyrwn ni	merthyrwch chi	merthyran nhw
conditional	merthyrwn i, merthyrswn i	merthyret ti, merthyrset ti	merthyrai fo/fe/hi, merthyrsai fo/fe/hi	merthyren ni, merthyrsen ni	merthyrech chi, merthyrsech chi	merthyren nhw, merthyrsen nhw
preterite	merthyrais i, merthyres i	merthyraist ti, merthyrest ti	merthyrodd o/e/hi	merthyron ni	merthyroch chi	merthyron nhw
imperative	—	merthyra	—	—	merthyrwch	—

Note: All other forms are periphrastic, as usual in colloquial Welsh.

Mutation

Mutated forms of merthyru

radical	soft	nasal	aspirate
merthyru	ferthyru	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

• R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke et al., editors (1950–present), “merthyru”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies