methu
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See also: μέθυ
Welsh
[edit]Etymology
[edit]meth (“failure”) + -u. Cf. Old Irish methaid. Ultimately from *mettom, a geminate form of Proto-Celtic *metom.
Pronunciation
[edit]- (North Wales) IPA(key): /ˈmɛθɨ̞/
- (South Wales) IPA(key): /ˈmɛθi/
- Rhymes: -ɛθɨ̞
Verb
[edit]methu (first-person singular present methaf)
Conjugation
[edit]Conjugation (literary)
singular | plural | impersonal | ||||||
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first | second | third | first | second | third | |||
present indicative/future | methaf | methi | metha | methwn | methwch | methant | methir | |
imperfect (indicative/subjunctive)/ conditional |
methwn | methit | methai | methem | methech | methent | methid | |
preterite | methais | methaist | methodd | methasom | methasoch | methasant | methwyd | |
pluperfect | methaswn | methasit | methasai | methasem | methasech | methasent | methasid, methesid | |
present subjunctive | methwyf | methych | metho | methom | methoch | methont | mether | |
imperative | — | metha | methed | methwn | methwch | methent | mether | |
verbal noun | methu | |||||||
verbal adjectives | methedig methadwy |
Conjugation (colloquial)
Inflected colloquial forms | singular | plural | ||||
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first | second | third | first | second | third | |
future | metha i, methaf i | methi di | methith o/e/hi, methiff e/hi | methwn ni | methwch chi | methan nhw |
conditional | methwn i, methswn i | methet ti, methset ti | methai fo/fe/hi, methsai fo/fe/hi | methen ni, methsen ni | methech chi, methsech chi | methen nhw, methsen nhw |
preterite | methais i, methes i | methaist ti, methest ti | methodd o/e/hi | methon ni | methoch chi | methon nhw |
imperative | — | metha | — | — | methwch | — |
Note: All other forms are periphrastic, as usual in colloquial Welsh. |
Antonyms
[edit]Derived terms
[edit]Mutation
[edit]Welsh mutation | |||
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radical | soft | nasal | aspirate |
methu | fethu | unchanged | unchanged |
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. |
References
[edit]- R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke et al., editors (1950–present), “methu”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies
- Matasović, Ranko (2009) Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN