traethu

Welsh

Etymology

From Middle Welsh traethu, from an Old Welsh form related to treidin, from Proto-Brythonic *traɨθad, from Latin tractō.

Pronunciation

• (North Wales) IPA^(key): /ˈtreɨ̯θɨ̞/
• (South Wales) IPA^(key): /ˈtrei̯θi/
• Rhymes: -eɨ̯θɨ̞

Verb

traethu (first-person singular present traethaf)

1. to relate, to narrate, to tell
2. to orate, to address, to speak

Conjugation

Conjugation (literary)

	singular			plural			impersonal
	first	second	third	first	second	third
present indicative/future	traethaf	traethi	traetha	traethwn	traethwch	traethant	traethir
imperfect (indicative/subjunctive)/ conditional	traethwn	traethit	traethai	traethem	traethech	traethent	traethid
preterite	traethais	traethaist	traethodd	traethasom	traethasoch	traethasant	traethwyd
pluperfect	traethaswn	traethasit	traethasai	traethasem	traethasech	traethasent	traethasid, traethesid
present subjunctive	traethwyf	traethych	traetho	traethom	traethoch	traethont	traether
imperative	—	traetha	traethed	traethwn	traethwch	traethent	traether
verbal noun	traethu
verbal adjectives	traethedig traethadwy

Conjugation (colloquial)

Inflected colloquial forms	singular			plural
	first	second	third	first	second	third
future	traetha i, traethaf i	traethi di	traethith o/e/hi, traethiff e/hi	traethwn ni	traethwch chi	traethan nhw
conditional	traethwn i, traethswn i	traethet ti, traethset ti	traethai fo/fe/hi, traethsai fo/fe/hi	traethen ni, traethsen ni	traethech chi, traethsech chi	traethen nhw, traethsen nhw
preterite	traethais i, traethes i	traethaist ti, traethest ti	traethodd o/e/hi	traethon ni	traethoch chi	traethon nhw
imperative	—	traetha	—	—	traethwch	—
Note: All other forms are periphrastic, as usual in colloquial Welsh.

Derived terms

• traethawd
• traethiad (“narrative; predicate”)
• traethwr (“narrator”)
• traethydd (“narrator”)

Related terms

• traethawd (“essay, composition”)

Mutation

Welsh mutation
radical	soft	nasal	aspirate
traethu	draethu	nhraethu	thraethu
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), “traethu”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies