paratoi
Welsh
Etymology
From parod.[1] Final-syllable stress is due to a late contraction.[2]
Pronunciation
Verb
paratoi (first-person singular present paratoaf)
Conjugation
Conjugation (literary)
| singular | plural | impersonal | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| first | second | third | first | second | third | |||
| present indicative/future | paratoaf | paratoi | paratoa | paratown | paratowch | paratoant | paratoir | |
| imperfect (indicative/subjunctive)/conditional | paratown | paratoit | paratoai | paratoem | paratoech | paratoent | paratoid | |
| preterite | paratoais | paratoaist | paratôdd | paratosom | paratosoch | paratosant | paratowyd | |
| pluperfect | paratoswn | paratosit | paratosai | paratosem | paratosech | paratosent | paratosid | |
| present subjunctive | paratowyf | paratoych | paratô | paratôm | paratôch | paratônt | paratoer | |
| imperative | — | paratoa | paratoed | paratown | paratowch | paratoent | paratoer | |
| verbal noun | paratoi | |||||||
| verbal adjectives | paratoedig | |||||||
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
- ymbaratoi (“prepare (oneself)”)
Mutation
| 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
- ^ Morris Jones, John (1913) A Welsh Grammar, Historical and Comparative, Oxford: Clarendon Press, § 201 iii 5
- ^ 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