paramaethu
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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. | |||