ethol

Albanian

Etymology

Unknown. Maybe related to ethe (“fever”), but the -ol ending is unusual.

Noun

ethol m

1. (archaic) orgasm

---

Welsh

Verb

ethol (first-person singular present etholaf)

1. (transitive) to elect, to choose

Conjugation

Conjugation (literary)

	singular			plural			impersonal
	first	second	third	first	second	third
present indicative/future	etholaf	etholi	ethola	etholwn	etholwch	etholant	etholir
imperfect (indicative/subjunctive)/ conditional	etholwn	etholit	etholai	etholem	etholech	etholent	etholid
preterite	etholais	etholaist	etholodd	etholasom	etholasoch	etholasant	etholwyd
pluperfect	etholaswn	etholasit	etholasai	etholasem	etholasech	etholasent	etholasid, etholesid
present subjunctive	etholwyf	etholych	etholo	etholom	etholoch	etholont	etholer
imperative	—	ethola	etholed	etholwn	etholwch	etholent	etholer
verbal noun	ethol
verbal adjectives	etholedig etholadwy

Conjugation (colloquial)

Inflected colloquial forms	singular			plural
	first	second	third	first	second	third
future	ethola i, etholaf i	etholi di	etholith o/e/hi, etholiff e/hi	etholwn ni	etholwch chi	etholan nhw
conditional	etholwn i, etholswn i	etholet ti, etholset ti	etholai fo/fe/hi, etholsai fo/fe/hi	etholen ni, etholsen ni	etholech chi, etholsech chi	etholen nhw, etholsen nhw
preterite	etholais i, etholes i	etholaist ti, etholest ti	etholodd o/e/hi	etholon ni	etholoch chi	etholon nhw
imperative	—	ethola	—	—	etholwch	—
Note: All other forms are periphrastic, as usual in colloquial Welsh.

Derived terms

• etholadwy (“elective”)
• etholfraint (“franchise, right to vote”)
• etholaeth (“electorate; constituency”)
• etholedig (“elect, chosen”)
• etholiad (“election”)
• etholwr (“elector, voter”)

Mutation

Welsh mutation
radical	soft	nasal	h-prothesis
ethol	unchanged	unchanged	hethol
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.