rhuo

Welsh

Etymology

Compare Latin rugio.

Pronunciation

• (North Wales) IPA^(key): /ˈr̥ɨː.ɔ/
• (South Wales) IPA^(key): /ˈr̥iː.ɔ/

Verb

rhuo (first-person singular present rhuaf)

1. to roar, to bellow

Conjugation

Conjugation (literary)

	singular			plural			impersonal
	first	second	third	first	second	third
present indicative/future	rhuaf	rhui	rhua	rhuwn	rhuwch	rhuant	rhuir
imperfect (indicative/subjunctive)/ conditional	rhuwn	rhuit	rhuai	rhuem	rhuech	rhuent	rhuid
preterite	rhuais	rhuaist	rhuodd	rhuasom	rhuasoch	rhuasant	rhuwyd
pluperfect	rhuaswn	rhuasit	rhuasai	rhuasem	rhuasech	rhuasent	rhuasid, rhuesid
present subjunctive	rhuwyf	rhuych	rhuo	rhuom	rhuoch	rhuont	rhuer
imperative	—	rhua	rhued	rhuwn	rhuwch	rhuent	rhuer
verbal noun	rhuo
verbal adjectives	rhuedig rhuadwy

Conjugation (colloquial)

Inflected colloquial forms	singular			plural
	first	second	third	first	second	third
future	rhua i, rhuaf i	rhui di	rhuith o/e/hi, rhuiff e/hi	rhuwn ni	rhuwch chi	rhuan nhw
conditional	rhuwn i, rhuswn i	rhuet ti, rhuset ti	rhuai fo/fe/hi, rhusai fo/fe/hi	rhuen ni, rhusen ni	rhuech chi, rhusech chi	rhuen nhw, rhusen nhw
preterite	rhuais i, rhues i	rhuaist ti, rhuest ti	rhuodd o/e/hi	rhuon ni	rhuoch chi	rhuon nhw
imperative	—	rhua	—	—	rhuwch	—
Note: All other forms are periphrastic, as usual in colloquial Welsh.

Mutation

Mutated forms of rhuo

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