mwytho

Welsh

Etymology

mwyth (“soft”) +‎ -o

Pronunciation

• (North Wales) IPA^(key): /ˈmʊɨ̯θɔ/
• (South Wales) IPA^(key): /ˈmʊi̯θɔ/

Verb

mwytho (first-person singular present mwythaf)

1. to pet, stroke, caress

   Synonym: anwylo

Conjugation

Conjugation (literary)

	singular			plural			impersonal
	first	second	third	first	second	third
present indicative/future	mwythaf	mwythi	mwyth, mwytha	mwythwn	mwythwch	mwythant	mwythir
imperfect (indicative/subjunctive)/ conditional	mwythwn	mwythit	mwythai	mwythem	mwythech	mwythent	mwythid
preterite	mwythais	mwythaist	mwythodd	mwythasom	mwythasoch	mwythasant	mwythwyd
pluperfect	mwythaswn	mwythasit	mwythasai	mwythasem	mwythasech	mwythasent	mwythasid, mwythesid
present subjunctive	mwythwyf	mwythych	mwytho	mwythom	mwythoch	mwythont	mwyther
imperative	—	mwyth, mwytha	mwythed	mwythwn	mwythwch	mwythent	mwyther
verbal noun	mwytho
verbal adjectives	mwythedig mwythadwy

Conjugation (colloquial)

Inflected colloquial forms	singular			plural
	first	second	third	first	second	third
future	mwytha i, mwythaf i	mwythi di	mwythith o/e/hi, mwythiff e/hi	mwythwn ni	mwythwch chi	mwythan nhw
conditional	mwythwn i, mwythswn i	mwythet ti, mwythset ti	mwythai fo/fe/hi, mwythsai fo/fe/hi	mwythen ni, mwythsen ni	mwythech chi, mwythsech chi	mwythen nhw, mwythsen nhw
preterite	mwythais i, mwythes i	mwythaist ti, mwythest ti	mwythodd o/e/hi	mwython ni	mwythoch chi	mwython nhw
imperative	—	mwytha	—	—	mwythwch	—
Note: All other forms are periphrastic, as usual in colloquial Welsh.

Mutation

Welsh mutation
radical	soft	nasal	aspirate
mwytho	fwytho	unchanged	unchanged
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), “mwytho”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies