sarhau

Welsh

Etymology

Seemingly borrowed from Old Irish sár (“outrage”) +‎ -hau. Akin to haer.

Pronunciation

• (North Wales) IPA^(key): /sarˈhaɨ̯/
• (South Wales) IPA^(key): /sarˈhai̯/
• Rhymes: -aɨ̯

Verb

sarhau (first-person singular present sarhaf, not mutable)

1. to insult, to offend

   Synonym: sarhadu

2. to be offended

Conjugation

Conjugation (literary)

	singular			plural			impersonal
	first	second	third	first	second	third
present indicative/future	sarhaf	sarhei	sery, sarha	sarhawn	sarhewch	sarhânt	sarheir
imperfect (indicative/subjunctive)/conditional	sarhawn	sarhait	sarhâi	sarhaem	sarhaech	sarhaent	sarheid
preterite	sarheais	sarheaist	sarhaodd	sarhasom	sarhasoch	sarhasant	sarhawyd
pluperfect	sarhaswn	sarhasit	sarhasai	sarhasem	sarhasech	sarhasent	sarhasid, sarhesid
present subjunctive	sarhawyf	sarheych	sarhao	sarhaom	sarhaoch	sarhaont	sarhaer
imperative	—	sarha	sarhaed	sarhawn	sarhewch	sarhaent	sarhaer
verbal noun	sarhau
verbal adjectives	sarhedig sarhadwy

Conjugation (colloquial)

Inflected colloquial forms	singular			plural
	first	second	third	first	second	third
future	sarheua i, sarheuaf i	sarheui di	sarheuith o/e/hi, sarheuiff e/hi	sarheuwn ni	sarheuwch chi	sarheuan nhw
conditional	sarheuwn i, sarheuswn i	sarheuet ti, sarheuset ti	sarheuai fo/fe/hi, sarheusai fo/fe/hi	sarheuen ni, sarheusen ni	sarheuech chi, sarheusech chi	sarheuen nhw, sarheusen nhw
preterite	sarheuais i, sarheues i	sarheuaist ti, sarheuest ti	sarheuodd o/e/hi	sarheuon ni	sarheuoch chi	sarheuon nhw
imperative	—	sarheua	—	—	sarheuwch	—
Note: All other forms are periphrastic, as usual in colloquial Welsh.

Derived terms

• sarhad
• sarhaus

Further reading

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