dosbarthu
Welsh edit
Etymology edit
From dosbarth (“class, division”) + -u.
Pronunciation edit
- (North Wales) IPA(key): /dɔsˈbarθɨ/, [dɔsˈparθɨ]
- (South Wales) IPA(key): /dɔsˈbarθi/, [dɔsˈparθi]
Verb edit
dosbarthu (first-person singular present dosbarthaf)
- (transitive) to classify, to categorise
- (transitive) to deliver, to distribute
Conjugation edit
Conjugation (literary)
| singular | plural | impersonal | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| first | second | third | first | second | third | |||
| present indicative/future | dosbarthaf | dosberthi | dosbartha | dosbarthwn | dosberthwch, dosbarthwch | dosbarthant | dosberthir | |
| imperfect (indicative/subjunctive)/ conditional |
dosbarthwn | dosbarthit | dosbarthai | dosbarthem | dosbarthech | dosbarthent | dosberthid | |
| preterite | dosberthais | dosberthaist | dosbarthodd | dosbarthasom | dosbarthasoch | dosbarthasant | dosbarthwyd | |
| pluperfect | dosbarthaswn | dosbarthasit | dosbarthasai | dosbarthasem | dosbarthasech | dosbarthasent | dosbarthasid, dosbarthesid | |
| present subjunctive | dosbarthwyf | dosberthych | dosbartho | dosbarthom | dosbarthoch | dosbarthont | dosbarther | |
| imperative | — | dosbartha | dosbarthed | dosbarthwn | dosberthwch, dosbarthwch | dosbarthent | dosbarther | |
| verbal noun | dosbarthu | |||||||
| verbal adjectives | dosbarthedig dosbarthadwy | |||||||
Conjugation (colloquial)
| Inflected colloquial forms | singular | plural | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| first | second | third | first | second | third | |
| future | dosbartha i, dosbarthaf i | dosbarthi di | dosbarthith o/e/hi, dosbarthiff e/hi | dosbarthwn ni | dosbarthwch chi | dosbarthan nhw |
| conditional | dosbarthwn i, dosbarthswn i | dosbarthet ti, dosbarthset ti | dosbarthai fo/fe/hi, dosbarthsai fo/fe/hi | dosbarthen ni, dosbarthsen ni | dosbarthech chi, dosbarthsech chi | dosbarthen nhw, dosbarthsen nhw |
| preterite | dosbarthais i, dosbarthes i | dosbarthaist ti, dosbarthest ti | dosbarthodd o/e/hi | dosbarthon ni | dosbarthoch chi | dosbarthon nhw |
| imperative | — | dosbartha | — | — | dosbarthwch | — |
| Note: All other forms are periphrastic, as usual in colloquial Welsh. | ||||||
Derived terms edit
- dosbarthiad (“distribution”)
- dosbarthol (“classified; distributive”)
- dosbarthwr (“distributor”)
Mutation edit
| Welsh mutation | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| radical | soft | nasal | aspirate |
| dosbarthu | unchanged | ||
| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. | |||
Further reading edit
- R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke et al., editors (1950–present), “dosbarthu”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies