garwhau

Welsh

Etymology

From garw +‎ -hau.

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -aɨ̯

Pronunciation

• (North Wales) IPA^(key): /ɡarwˈhaɨ̯/
• (South Wales) IPA^(key): /ɡarwˈhai̯/
• Rhymes: -aɨ̯

Verb

garwhau (first-person singular present garwhaf)

1. to roughen (make or become rougher)

Conjugation

Conjugation (literary)

	singular			plural			impersonal
	first	second	third	first	second	third
present indicative/future	garwhaf	garwhei	garwha	garwhawn	garwhewch	garwhânt	garwheir
imperfect (indicative/subjunctive)/conditional	garwhawn	garwhait	garwhâi	garwhaem	garwhaech	garwhaent	garwheid
preterite	garwheais	garwheaist	garwhaodd	garwhasom	garwhasoch	garwhasant	garwhawyd
pluperfect	garwhaswn	garwhasit	garwhasai	garwhasem	garwhasech	garwhasent	garwhasid, garwhesid
present subjunctive	garwhawyf	garwheych	garwhao	garwhaom	garwhaoch	garwhaont	garwhaer
imperative	—	garwha	garwhaed	garwhawn	garwhewch	garwhaent	garwhaer
verbal noun	garwhau
verbal adjectives	garwhedig garwhadwy

Conjugation (colloquial)

Inflected colloquial forms	singular			plural
	first	second	third	first	second	third
future	garwha i, garwhaf i	garwhi di	garwhith o/e/hi, garwhiff e/hi	garwhwn ni	garwhwch chi	garwhan nhw
conditional	garwhwn i, garwhswn i	garwhet ti, garwhset ti	garwhai fo/fe/hi, garwhsai fo/fe/hi	garwhen ni, garwhsen ni	garwhech chi, garwhsech chi	garwhen nhw, garwhsen nhw
preterite	garwhais i, garwhes i	garwhaist ti, garwhest ti	garwhodd o/e/hi	garwhon ni	garwhoch chi	garwhon nhw
imperative	—	garwha	—	—	garwhwch	—
Note: All other forms are periphrastic, as usual in colloquial Welsh.

Mutation

Welsh mutation
radical	soft	nasal	aspirate
garwhau	arwhau	ngarwhau	unchanged
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), “garwhau”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies