paratoi

Welsh

Etymology

From parod. Final-syllable stress is due to a late contraction.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /paraˈtɔi̯/
• Rhymes: -ɔi̯

Verb

paratoi (first-person singular present paratoaf)

1. to prepare

Conjugation

Conjugation (literary)

	singular			plural			impersonal
	first	second	third	first	second	third
present indicative/future	paratoaf	paratoi	paratoa	paratown	paratowch	paratoant	paratoir
imperfect (indicative/subjunctive)/conditional	paratown	paratoit	paratoai	paratoem	paratoech	paratoent	paratoid
preterite	paratoais	paratoaist	paratôdd	paratosom	paratosoch	paratosant	paratowyd
pluperfect	paratoswn	paratosit	paratosai	paratosem	paratosech	paratosent	paratosid
present subjunctive	paratowyf	paratoych	paratô	paratôm	paratôch	paratônt	paratoer
imperative	—	paratoa	paratoed	paratown	paratowch	paratoent	paratoer
verbal noun	paratoi
verbal adjectives	paratoedig

Conjugation (colloquial)

Inflected colloquial forms	singular			plural
	first	second	third	first	second	third
future	paratoa i, paratoaf i	paratoi di	paratoith o/e/hi, paratoiff e/hi	paratown ni	paratowch chi	paratoan nhw
conditional	paratown i, paratoswn i	paratoet ti, paratoset ti	paratoai fo/fe/hi, paratosai fo/fe/hi	paratoen ni, paratosen ni	paratoech chi, paratosech chi	paratoen nhw, paratosen nhw
preterite	paratoais i, paratoes i	paratoaist ti, paratoest ti	paratôdd o/e/hi	paratôn ni	paratôch chi	paratôn nhw
imperative	—	paratoa	—	—	paratowch	—
Note: All other forms are periphrastic, as usual in colloquial Welsh.

Derived terms

• ymbaratoi (“prepare (oneself)”)

Mutation

Welsh mutation
radical	soft	nasal	aspirate
paratoi	baratoi	mharatoi	pharatoi
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), “paratoi”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies