trymhau

Welsh

Etymology

From trwm (“heavy”) +‎ -hau.

Pronunciation

• (North Wales) IPA^(key): /trəmˈhaɨ̯/
• (South Wales) IPA^(key): /trəmˈhai̯/
• Rhymes: -aɨ̯

Verb

trymhau (first-person singular present trymhaf)

1. (transitive) to make heavier
2. (intransitive) to become heavier

Conjugation

Conjugation (literary)

	singular			plural			impersonal
	first	second	third	first	second	third
present indicative/future	trymhaf	trymhi	trymha	trymhwn	trymhwch	trymhant	trymhir
imperfect (indicative/subjunctive)/ conditional	trymhwn	trymhit	trymhai	trymhem	trymhech	trymhent	trymhid
preterite	trymhais	trymhaist	trymhodd	trymhasom	trymhasoch	trymhasant	trymhwyd
pluperfect	trymhaswn	trymhasit	trymhasai	trymhasem	trymhasech	trymhasent	trymhasid, trymhesid
present subjunctive	trymhwyf	trymhych	trymho	trymhom	trymhoch	trymhont	trymher
imperative	—	trymha	trymhed	trymhwn	trymhwch	trymhent	trymher
verbal noun	trymhau
verbal adjectives	trymhedig trymhadwy

Conjugation (colloquial)

Inflected colloquial forms	singular			plural
	first	second	third	first	second	third
future	trymha i, trymhaf i	trymhi di	trymhith o/e/hi, trymhiff e/hi	trymhwn ni	trymhwch chi	trymhan nhw
conditional	trymhwn i, trymhswn i	trymhet ti, trymhset ti	trymhai fo/fe/hi, trymhsai fo/fe/hi	trymhen ni, trymhsen ni	trymhech chi, trymhsech chi	trymhen nhw, trymhsen nhw
preterite	trymhais i, trymhes i	trymhaist ti, trymhest ti	trymhodd o/e/hi	trymhon ni	trymhoch chi	trymhon nhw
imperative	—	trymha	—	—	trymhwch	—
Note: All other forms are periphrastic, as usual in colloquial Welsh.

Mutation

Mutated forms of trymhau

radical	soft	nasal	aspirate
trymhau	drymhau	nhrymhau	thrymhau

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), “trymhau”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies