paramaethu
Welsh edit
Etymology edit
From para (“to continue, to last”) + maethu (“to nourish, to nuture”).
Pronunciation edit
- (North Wales) IPA(key): /ˌparaˈmeɨ̯θɨ̞/
- (South Wales) IPA(key): /ˌparaˈmei̯θi/
- Rhymes: -eɨ̯θɨ̞
Verb edit
paramaethu (first-person singular present paramaethaf)
- to practise permaculture
Usage notes edit
As with all Welsh verbnouns, this may be used as a non-count masculine noun to express the action associated with the verbal meaning, and so in this instance is also the best translation for the English noun "permaculture".
Conjugation edit
Conjugation (literary)
| singular | plural | impersonal | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| first | second | third | first | second | third | |||
| present indicative/future | paramaethaf | paramaethi | paramaetha | paramaethwn | paramaethwch | paramaethant | paramaethir | |
| imperfect (indicative/subjunctive)/ conditional |
paramaethwn | paramaethit | paramaethai | paramaethem | paramaethech | paramaethent | paramaethid | |
| preterite | paramaethais | paramaethaist | paramaethodd | paramaethasom | paramaethasoch | paramaethasant | paramaethwyd | |
| pluperfect | paramaethaswn | paramaethasit | paramaethasai | paramaethasem | paramaethasech | paramaethasent | paramaethasid, paramaethesid | |
| present subjunctive | paramaethwyf | paramaethych | paramaetho | paramaethom | paramaethoch | paramaethont | paramaether | |
| imperative | — | paramaetha | paramaethed | paramaethwn | paramaethwch | paramaethent | paramaether | |
| verbal noun | paramaethu | |||||||
| verbal adjectives | paramaethedig paramaethadwy | |||||||
Conjugation (colloquial)
| Inflected colloquial forms | singular | plural | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| first | second | third | first | second | third | |
| future | paramaetha i, paramaethaf i | paramaethi di | paramaethith o/e/hi, paramaethiff e/hi | paramaethwn ni | paramaethwch chi | paramaethan nhw |
| conditional | paramaethwn i, paramaethswn i | paramaethet ti, paramaethset ti | paramaethai fo/fe/hi, paramaethsai fo/fe/hi | paramaethen ni, paramaethsen ni | paramaethech chi, paramaethsech chi | paramaethen nhw, paramaethsen nhw |
| preterite | paramaethais i, paramaethes i | paramaethaist ti, paramaethest ti | paramaethodd o/e/hi | paramaethon ni | paramaethoch chi | paramaethon nhw |
| imperative | — | paramaetha | — | — | paramaethwch | — |
| Note: All other forms are periphrastic, as usual in colloquial Welsh. | ||||||
Mutation edit
| Welsh mutation | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| radical | soft | nasal | aspirate |
| paramaethu | baramaethu | mharamaethu | pharamaethu |
| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. | |||