Welsh edit

Etymology edit

From rhuthr (rush, noun) +‎ -o,[1] ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *h₃rew- (to hurry).[2] Cognate with Middle Irish rúatharaigid (makes a rush or onset),[3] from rúathar, rúathur m (onrush, onset, attack).[4]

Pronunciation edit

Verb edit

rhuthro (first-person singular present rhuthraf)

  1. to rush, hasten, hurry
  2. to rush (upon), charge, attack, assault, invade
  3. to rush (of sea, wind)

Conjugation edit

Mutation edit

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

References edit

  1. ^ R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke et al., editors (1950–present), “rhuthro”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies
  2. ^ R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke et al., editors (1950–present), “rhuthr”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies
  3. ^ G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “rúatharaigid”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
  4. ^ G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “rúathar”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language