trethu

Welsh

Etymology

treth +‎ -u

Pronunciation

• (North Wales) IPA^(key): /ˈtrɛθɨ̞/
• (South Wales) IPA^(key): /ˈtreːθi/, /ˈtrɛθi/
• Rhymes: -ɛθɨ̞

Verb

trethu (first-person singular present trethaf)

1. to tax

Conjugation

Conjugation (literary)

	singular			plural			impersonal
	first	second	third	first	second	third
present indicative/future	trethaf	trethi	treth, tretha	trethwn	trethwch	trethant	trethir
imperfect (indicative/subjunctive)/ conditional	trethwn	trethit	trethai	trethem	trethech	trethent	trethid
preterite	trethais	trethaist	trethodd	trethasom	trethasoch	trethasant	trethwyd
pluperfect	trethaswn	trethasit	trethasai	trethasem	trethasech	trethasent	trethasid, trethesid
present subjunctive	trethwyf	trethych	tretho	trethom	trethoch	trethont	trether
imperative	—	treth, tretha	trethed	trethwn	trethwch	trethent	trether
verbal noun	trethu
verbal adjectives	trethedig trethadwy

Conjugation (colloquial)

Inflected colloquial forms	singular			plural
	first	second	third	first	second	third
future	tretha i, trethaf i	trethi di	trethith o/e/hi, trethiff e/hi	trethwn ni	trethwch chi	trethan nhw
conditional	trethwn i, trethswn i	trethet ti, trethset ti	trethai fo/fe/hi, trethsai fo/fe/hi	trethen ni, trethsen ni	trethech chi, trethsech chi	trethen nhw, trethsen nhw
preterite	trethais i, trethes i	trethaist ti, trethest ti	trethodd o/e/hi	trethon ni	trethoch chi	trethon nhw
imperative	—	tretha	—	—	trethwch	—
Note: All other forms are periphrastic, as usual in colloquial Welsh.

Derived terms

• trethadwy
• trethiad
• trethiant

 

Mutation

Welsh mutation
radical	soft	nasal	aspirate
trethu	drethu	nhrethu	threthu
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

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