rhathu

Welsh

Etymology

From Proto-Celtic *rasdeti (“to scrape; to scratch”), from Proto-Indo-European *reh₁d- (“to scrape, scratch, gnaw”). Cognate with Latin rādō (“to scrape”).

Pronunciation

• (North Wales) IPA^(key): /ˈr̥aθɨ̞/
• (South Wales) IPA^(key): /ˈr̥aθi/

Verb

rhathu (first-person singular present rhathaf)

1. to scrape
2. to chafe

Conjugation

Conjugation (literary)

	singular			plural			impersonal
	first	second	third	first	second	third
present indicative/future	rhathaf	rhethi	rhatha	rhathwn	rhethwch, rhathwch	rhathant	rhethir
imperfect (indicative/subjunctive)/ conditional	rhathwn	rhathit	rhathai	rhathem	rhathech	rhathent	rhethid
preterite	rhethais	rhethaist	rhathodd	rhathasom	rhathasoch	rhathasant	rhathwyd
pluperfect	rhathaswn	rhathasit	rhathasai	rhathasem	rhathasech	rhathasent	rhathasid, rhathesid
present subjunctive	rhathwyf	rhethych	rhatho	rhathom	rhathoch	rhathont	rhather
imperative	—	rhatha	rhathed	rhathwn	rhethwch, rhathwch	rhathent	rhather
verbal noun	rhathu
verbal adjectives	rhathedig rhathadwy

Conjugation (colloquial)

Inflected colloquial forms	singular			plural
	first	second	third	first	second	third
future	rhatha i, rhathaf i	rhathi di	rhathith o/e/hi, rhathiff e/hi	rhathwn ni	rhathwch chi	rhathan nhw
conditional	rhathwn i, rhathswn i	rhathet ti, rhathset ti	rhathai fo/fe/hi, rhathsai fo/fe/hi	rhathen ni, rhathsen ni	rhathech chi, rhathsech chi	rhathen nhw, rhathsen nhw
preterite	rhathais i, rhathes i	rhathaist ti, rhathest ti	rhathodd o/e/hi	rhathon ni	rhathoch chi	rhathon nhw
imperative	—	rhatha	—	—	rhathwch	—
Note: All other forms are periphrastic, as usual in colloquial Welsh.

Mutation

Welsh mutation
radical	soft	nasal	aspirate
rhathu	rathu	unchanged	unchanged
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.