cymharu

Welsh

Etymology

From cymar +‎ -u.

Pronunciation

• (North Wales) IPA^(key): /kəmˈharɨ̞/
• (South Wales, standard, colloquial) IPA^(key): /kəmˈha(ː)ri/
  • (South Wales, colloquial) IPA^(key): /kəˈma(ː)ri/
• Rhymes: -arɨ

Verb

cymharu (first-person singular present cymharaf)

1. (transitive) to compare, to liken
2. to mate to copulate; to pair off

Conjugation

Conjugation (literary)

	singular			plural			impersonal
	first	second	third	first	second	third
present indicative/future	cymharaf	cymheri	cymhara	cymharwn	cymherwch, cymharwch	cymharant	cymherir
imperfect (indicative/subjunctive)/ conditional	cymharwn	cymharit	cymharai	cymharem	cymharech	cymharent	cymherid
preterite	cymherais	cymheraist	cymharodd	cymharasom	cymharasoch	cymharasant	cymharwyd
pluperfect	cymharaswn	cymharasit	cymharasai	cymharasem	cymharasech	cymharasent	cymharasid, cymharesid
present subjunctive	cymharwyf	cymherych	cymharo	cymharom	cymharoch	cymharont	cymharer
imperative	—	cymhara	cymhared	cymharwn	cymherwch, cymharwch	cymharent	cymharer
verbal noun	cymharu
verbal adjectives	cymharedig cymharadwy

Conjugation (colloquial)

Inflected colloquial forms	singular			plural
	first	second	third	first	second	third
future	cymhara i, cymharaf i	cymhari di	cymharith o/e/hi, cymhariff e/hi	cymharwn ni	cymharwch chi	cymharan nhw
conditional	cymharwn i, cymharswn i	cymharet ti, cymharset ti	cymharai fo/fe/hi, cymharsai fo/fe/hi	cymharen ni, cymharsen ni	cymharech chi, cymharsech chi	cymharen nhw, cymharsen nhw
preterite	cymharais i, cymhares i	cymharaist ti, cymharest ti	cymharodd o/e/hi	cymharon ni	cymharoch chi	cymharon nhw
imperative	—	cymhara	—	—	cymharwch	—
Note: All other forms are periphrastic, as usual in colloquial Welsh.

Derived terms

• cymhariaeth (“comparison; simile”)
• cymharol (“comparative”)
• cymharer, cf.

Mutation

Welsh mutation
radical	soft	nasal	aspirate
cymharu	gymharu	nghymharu	chymharu
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.