plethu

Welsh

Etymology

From pleth (“plait, braid”) +‎ -u.

Pronunciation

• (North Wales) IPA^(key): /ˈplɛθɨ/
• (South Wales) IPA^(key): /ˈplɛθi/

Verb

plethu (first-person singular present plethaf)

1. (transitive) to plait, to braid

Conjugation

Conjugation (literary)

	singular			plural			impersonal
	first	second	third	first	second	third
present indicative/future	plethaf	plethi	pleth, pletha	plethwn	plethwch	plethant	plethir
imperfect (indicative/subjunctive)/ conditional	plethwn	plethit	plethai	plethem	plethech	plethent	plethid
preterite	plethais	plethaist	plethodd	plethasom	plethasoch	plethasant	plethwyd
pluperfect	plethaswn	plethasit	plethasai	plethasem	plethasech	plethasent	plethasid, plethesid
present subjunctive	plethwyf	plethych	pletho	plethom	plethoch	plethont	plether
imperative	—	pletha	plethed	plethwn	plethwch	plethent	plether
verbal noun	plethu
verbal adjectives	plethedig plethadwy

Conjugation (colloquial)

Inflected colloquial forms	singular			plural
	first	second	third	first	second	third
future	pletha i, plethaf i	plethi di	plethith o/e/hi, plethiff e/hi	plethwn ni	plethwch chi	plethan nhw
conditional	plethwn i, plethswn i	plethet ti, plethset ti	plethai fo/fe/hi, plethsai fo/fe/hi	plethen ni, plethsen ni	plethech chi, plethsech chi	plethen nhw, plethsen nhw
preterite	plethais i, plethes i	plethaist ti, plethest ti	plethodd o/e/hi	plethon ni	plethoch chi	plethon nhw
imperative	—	pletha	—	—	plethwch	—
Note: All other forms are periphrastic, as usual in colloquial Welsh.

Mutation

Mutated forms of plethu

radical	soft	nasal	aspirate
plethu	blethu	mhlethu	phlethu

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), “plethu”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies