rhathu

Welsh

Etymology

From Proto-Celtic *rasdeti (to scrape; to scratch), cognate with Latin rādō (to scrape).

Pronunciation

Verb

rhathu (first-person singular present rhathaf)

  1. to scrape
  2. to chafe

Conjugation

Conjugation (literary)
singular plural impersonal
first second third first second third
present indicative/future rhathaf rhethi rhatha rhathwn rhethwch, rhathwch rhathant rhethir
imperfect (indicative/subjunctive)/
conditional
rhathwn rhathit rhathai rhathem rhathech rhathent rhethid
preterite rhethais rhethaist rhathodd rhathasom rhathasoch rhathasant rhathwyd
pluperfect rhathaswn rhathasit rhathasai rhathasem rhathasech rhathasent rhathasid, rhathesid
present subjunctive rhathwyf rhethych rhatho rhathom rhathoch rhathont rhather
imperative rhatha rhathed rhathwn rhethwch, rhathwch rhathent rhather
verbal noun rhathu
verbal adjectives rhathedig
rhathadwy
Conjugation (colloquial)
inflected
colloquial forms
singular plural
first second third first second third
future rhatha i,
rhathaf i
rhathi di rhathith o/e/hi,
rhathiff e/hi
rhathwn ni rhathwch chi rhathan nhw
conditional rhathwn i,
rhathswn i
rhathet ti,
rhathset ti
rhathai fo/fe/hi,
rhathsai fo/fe/hi
rhathen ni,
rhathsen ni
rhathech chi,
rhathsech chi
rhathen nhw,
rhathsen nhw
preterite rhathais i,
rhathes i
rhathaist ti,
rhathest ti
rhathodd o/e/hi rhathon ni rhathoch chi rhathon nhw
imperative rhatha rhathwch

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

Mutation

Mutated forms of rhathu
radical soft nasal aspirate
rhathu rathu unchanged unchanged

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