sychdarthu
Welsh
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From sych (“dry”) + tarthu (“to evaporate”).
Pronunciation
[edit]- (North Wales) IPA(key): /səχˈdarθɨ̞/, [səχˈtarθɨ̞]
- (South Wales) IPA(key): /səχˈdarθi/, [səχˈtarθi]
Verb
[edit]sychdarthu (first-person singular present sychdarthaf, not mutable)
Usage notes
[edit]The verbnoun or dictionary form of a verb, such as this entry, is employed as a masculine singular noun in Welsh to express an uncountable verbal noun. The corresponding countable noun is usually derived morphologically from the related verb.
Conjugation
[edit]Conjugation (literary)
| singular | plural | impersonal | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| first | second | third | first | second | third | |||
| present indicative/future | sychdarthaf | sychderthi | sychdartha | sychdarthwn | sychderthwch, sychdarthwch | sychdarthant | sychderthir | |
| imperfect (indicative/subjunctive)/ conditional |
sychdarthwn | sychdarthit | sychdarthai | sychdarthem | sychdarthech | sychdarthent | sychderthid | |
| preterite | sychderthais | sychderthaist | sychdarthodd | sychdarthasom | sychdarthasoch | sychdarthasant | sychdarthwyd | |
| pluperfect | sychdarthaswn | sychdarthasit | sychdarthasai | sychdarthasem | sychdarthasech | sychdarthasent | sychdarthasid, sychdarthesid | |
| present subjunctive | sychdarthwyf | sychderthych | sychdartho | sychdarthom | sychdarthoch | sychdarthont | sychdarther | |
| imperative | — | sychdartha | sychdarthed | sychdarthwn | sychderthwch, sychdarthwch | sychdarthent | sychdarther | |
| verbal noun | sychdarthu | |||||||
| verbal adjectives | sychdarthedig sychdarthadwy | |||||||
Conjugation (colloquial)
| Inflected colloquial forms | singular | plural | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| first | second | third | first | second | third | |
| future | sychdartha i, sychdarthaf i | sychdarthi di | sychdarthith o/e/hi, sychdarthiff e/hi | sychdarthwn ni | sychdarthwch chi | sychdarthan nhw |
| conditional | sychdarthwn i, sychdarthswn i | sychdarthet ti, sychdarthset ti | sychdarthai fo/fe/hi, sychdarthsai fo/fe/hi | sychdarthen ni, sychdarthsen ni | sychdarthech chi, sychdarthsech chi | sychdarthen nhw, sychdarthsen nhw |
| preterite | sychdarthais i, sychdarthes i | sychdarthaist ti, sychdarthest ti | sychdarthodd o/e/hi | sychdarthon ni | sychdarthoch chi | sychdarthon nhw |
| imperative | — | sychdartha | — | — | sychdarthwch | — |
| Note: All other forms are periphrastic, as usual in colloquial Welsh. | ||||||
Derived terms
[edit]- sychdarthiad (“sublimation”)
References
[edit]- R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke et al., editors (1950–present), “sychdarthu”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies