rhentu

Welsh

Etymology

From rhent (“rent”) +‎ -u.

Pronunciation

• (North Wales) IPA^(key): /ˈr̥ɛntɨ/
• (South Wales) IPA^(key): /ˈr̥ɛnti/

Verb

rhentu (first-person singular present rhentaf)

1. (transitive) to rent

Conjugation

Conjugation (literary)

	singular			plural			impersonal
	first	second	third	first	second	third
present indicative/future	rhentaf	rhenti	rhenta	rhentwn	rhentwch	rhentant	rhentir
imperfect (indicative/subjunctive)/ conditional	rhentwn	rhentit	rhentai	rhentem	rhentech	rhentent	rhentid
preterite	rhentais	rhentaist	rhentodd	rhentasom	rhentasoch	rhentasant	rhentwyd
pluperfect	rhentaswn	rhentasit	rhentasai	rhentasem	rhentasech	rhentasent	rhentasid, rhentesid
present subjunctive	rhentwyf	rhentych	rhento	rhentom	rhentoch	rhentont	rhenter
imperative	—	rhenta	rhented	rhentwn	rhentwch	rhentent	rhenter
verbal noun	rhentu
verbal adjectives	rhentedig rhentadwy

Conjugation (colloquial)

Inflected colloquial forms	singular			plural
	first	second	third	first	second	third
future	rhenta i, rhentaf i	rhenti di	rhentith o/e/hi, rhentiff e/hi	rhentwn ni	rhentwch chi	rhentan nhw
conditional	rhentwn i, rhentswn i	rhentet ti, rhentset ti	rhentai fo/fe/hi, rhentsai fo/fe/hi	rhenten ni, rhentsen ni	rhentech chi, rhentsech chi	rhenten nhw, rhentsen nhw
preterite	rhentais i, rhentes i	rhentaist ti, rhentest ti	rhentodd o/e/hi	rhenton ni	rhentoch chi	rhenton nhw
imperative	—	rhenta	—	—	rhentwch	—
Note: All other forms are periphrastic, as usual in colloquial Welsh.

Derived terms

• rhentwr (“renter”)

Mutation

Mutated forms of rhentu

radical	soft	nasal	aspirate
rhentu	rentu	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), “rhentu”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies