paramaethu

Welsh

Etymology

From para (to continue, to last) +‎ maethu (to nourish, to nuture).

Pronunciation

  • (North Wales) IPA(key): /ˌparaˈmeɨ̯θɨ̞/
  • (South Wales) IPA(key): /ˌparaˈmei̯θi/
  • Rhymes: -eɨ̯θɨ̞

Verb

paramaethu (first-person singular present paramaethaf)

  1. to practise permaculture

Usage notes

As with all Welsh verbnouns, this may be used as a non-count masculine noun to express the action associated with the verbal meaning, and so in this instance is also the best translation for the English noun "permaculture".

Conjugation

Conjugation (literary)
singular plural impersonal
first second third first second third
present indicative/future paramaethaf paramaethi paramaetha paramaethwn paramaethwch paramaethant paramaethir
imperfect (indicative/subjunctive)/
conditional
paramaethwn paramaethit paramaethai paramaethem paramaethech paramaethent paramaethid
preterite paramaethais paramaethaist paramaethodd paramaethasom paramaethasoch paramaethasant paramaethwyd
pluperfect paramaethaswn paramaethasit paramaethasai paramaethasem paramaethasech paramaethasent paramaethasid, paramaethesid
present subjunctive paramaethwyf paramaethych paramaetho paramaethom paramaethoch paramaethont paramaether
imperative paramaetha paramaethed paramaethwn paramaethwch paramaethent paramaether
verbal noun paramaethu
verbal adjectives paramaethedig
paramaethadwy
Conjugation (colloquial)
inflected
colloquial forms
singular plural
first second third first second third
future paramaetha i,
paramaethaf i
paramaethi di paramaethith o/e/hi,
paramaethiff e/hi
paramaethwn ni paramaethwch chi paramaethan nhw
conditional paramaethwn i,
paramaethswn i
paramaethet ti,
paramaethset ti
paramaethai fo/fe/hi,
paramaethsai fo/fe/hi
paramaethen ni,
paramaethsen ni
paramaethech chi,
paramaethsech chi
paramaethen nhw,
paramaethsen nhw
preterite paramaethais i,
paramaethes i
paramaethaist ti,
paramaethest ti
paramaethodd o/e/hi paramaethon ni paramaethoch chi paramaethon nhw
imperative paramaetha paramaethwch

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

Mutation

Mutated forms of paramaethu
radical soft nasal aspirate
paramaethu baramaethu mharamaethu pharamaethu

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