saethu
Welsh
editEtymology
editPronunciation
edit- (North Wales) IPA(key): /ˈseɨ̯θɨ/
- (South Wales) IPA(key): /ˈsei̯θi/
Verb
editsaethu (first-person singular present saethaf, not mutable)
Conjugation
editConjugation (literary)
singular | plural | impersonal | ||||||
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first | second | third | first | second | third | |||
present indicative/future | saethaf | saethi | saetha | saethwn | saethwch | saethant | saethir | |
imperfect (indicative/subjunctive)/ conditional |
saethwn | saethit | saethai | saethem | saethech | saethent | saethid | |
preterite | saethais | saethaist | saethodd | saethasom | saethasoch | saethasant | saethwyd | |
pluperfect | saethaswn | saethasit | saethasai | saethasem | saethasech | saethasent | saethasid, saethesid | |
present subjunctive | saethwyf | saethych | saetho | saethom | saethoch | saethont | saether | |
imperative | — | saetha | saethed | saethwn | saethwch | saethent | saether | |
verbal noun | saethu | |||||||
verbal adjectives | saethedig saethadwy |
Conjugation (colloquial)
Inflected colloquial forms | singular | plural | ||||
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first | second | third | first | second | third | |
future | saetha i, saethaf i | saethi di | saethith o/e/hi, saethiff e/hi | saethwn ni | saethwch chi | saethan nhw |
conditional | saethwn i, saethswn i | saethet ti, saethset ti | saethai fo/fe/hi, saethsai fo/fe/hi | saethen ni, saethsen ni | saethech chi, saethsech chi | saethen nhw, saethsen nhw |
preterite | saethais i, saethes i | saethaist ti, saethest ti | saethodd o/e/hi | saethon ni | saethoch chi | saethon nhw |
imperative | — | saetha | — | — | saethwch | — |
Note: All other forms are periphrastic, as usual in colloquial Welsh. |
Derived terms
editFurther reading
edit- R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke et al., editors (1950–present), “saethu”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies