iacháu

Welsh

Etymology

From iach (healthy) +‎ -áu.[1]

Pronunciation

Verb

iacháu (first-person singular present iachaf)

  1. (transitive) to heal, to cure
  2. (transitive) to heal, to get better
    Synonyms: adfer, gwella

Conjugation

Conjugation (literary)
singular plural impersonal
first second third first second third
present indicative/future iachâf iachei iachâ iachawn iachewch iachânt iacheir
imperfect (indicative/subjunctive)/
conditional
iachawn iachait iachâi iachaem iachaech iachaent iacheid
preterite iacheais iacheaist iachaodd iachasom iachasoch iachasant iachawyd
pluperfect iachaswn iachasit iachasai iachasem iachasech iachasent iachasid, iachesid
present subjunctive iachawyf iacheych iachao iachaom iachaoch iachaont iachaer
imperative iachâ iachaed iachawn iachewch iachaent iachaer
verbal noun
verbal adjectives iachedig
iachadwy
Conjugation (colloquial)
inflected
colloquial forms
singular plural
first second third first second third
future iachâ i iachai di iachaith o/e/hi,
iachaiff e/hi
iachawn ni iachawch chi iachân nhw
conditional iachawn i,
iachaswn i
iachaet ti,
iachaset ti
iachâi fo/fe/hi,
iachasai fo/fe/hi
iachaen ni,
iachasen ni
iachaech chi,
iachasech chi
iachaen nhw,
iachasen nhw
preterite iachaes i iachaest ti iachaodd o/e/hi iachaon ni iachaoch chi iachaon nhw
imperative iachâ iachawch

Note: All other forms are periphrastic, as usual in colloquial Welsh.

Mutation

Mutated forms of iacháu
radical soft nasal h-prothesis
iacháu unchanged unchanged hiacháu

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Welsh.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

References

  1. ^ R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke et al., editors (1950–present), “iachâf”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies