paratoi

Welsh

Alternative forms

  • parotoi

Etymology

From parod.[1] Final-syllable stress is due to a late contraction.[2]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /paraˈtɔi̯/
  • Rhymes: -ɔi̯

Verb

paratoi (first-person singular present paratoaf)

  1. to prepare
    Synonyms: darparu, cyweirio, trefnu

Conjugation

Conjugation (colloquial)
inflected
colloquial forms
singular plural
first second third first second third
future paratoa i,
paratoaf i
paratoi di paratoith o/e/hi,
paratoiff e/hi
paratown ni paratowch chi paratoan nhw
conditional paratown i,
paratoswn i
paratoet ti,
paratoset ti
paratoai fo/fe/hi,
paratosai fo/fe/hi
paratoen ni,
paratosen ni
paratoech chi,
paratosech chi
paratoen nhw,
paratosen nhw
preterite paratoais i,
paratoes i
paratoaist ti,
paratoest ti
paratôdd o/e/hi paratôn ni paratôch chi paratôn nhw
imperative paratoa paratowch

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

Derived terms

Mutation

Mutated forms of paratoi
radical soft nasal aspirate
paratoi baratoi mharatoi pharatoi

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

References

  1. ^ Morris Jones, John (1913) A Welsh Grammar, Historical and Comparative, Oxford: Clarendon Press, § 201 iii 5
  2. ^ Morris Jones, John (1913) A Welsh Grammar, Historical and Comparative, Oxford: Clarendon Press, § 41 iii

Further reading

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