amaethu

Welsh

Etymology

From amaeth (“plowman, tiller”) +‎ -u.

Verb

amaethu (first-person singular present amaethaf)

1. (transitive, intransitive) to cultivate, farm, till

Conjugation

Conjugation (literary)

	singular			plural			impersonal
	first	second	third	first	second	third
present indicative/future	amaethaf	amaethi	amaetha	amaethwn	amaethwch	amaethant	amaethir
imperfect (indicative/subjunctive)/ conditional	amaethwn	amaethit	amaethai	amaethem	amaethech	amaethent	amaethid
preterite	amaethais	amaethaist	amaethodd	amaethasom	amaethasoch	amaethasant	amaethwyd
pluperfect	amaethaswn	amaethasit	amaethasai	amaethasem	amaethasech	amaethasent	amaethasid, amaethesid
present subjunctive	amaethwyf	amaethych	amaetho	amaethom	amaethoch	amaethont	amaether
imperative	—	amaetha	amaethed	amaethwn	amaethwch	amaethent	amaether
verbal noun	amaethu
verbal adjectives	amaethedig amaethadwy

Conjugation (colloquial)

Inflected colloquial forms	singular			plural
	first	second	third	first	second	third
future	amaetha i, amaethaf i	amaethi di	amaethith o/e/hi, amaethiff e/hi	amaethwn ni	amaethwch chi	amaethan nhw
conditional	amaethwn i, amaethswn i	amaethet ti, amaethset ti	amaethai fo/fe/hi, amaethsai fo/fe/hi	amaethen ni, amaethsen ni	amaethech chi, amaethsech chi	amaethen nhw, amaethsen nhw
preterite	amaethais i, amaethes i	amaethaist ti, amaethest ti	amaethodd o/e/hi	amaethon ni	amaethoch chi	amaethon nhw
imperative	—	amaetha	—	—	amaethwch	—
Note: All other forms are periphrastic, as usual in colloquial Welsh.

Derived terms

• amaethwr m (“agriculturalist”)
• amaethydd m or f (“agriculturalist”)

Mutation

Welsh mutation
radical	soft	nasal	h-prothesis
amaethu	unchanged	unchanged	hamaethu
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), “amaethu”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies