plethu

Welsh

Etymology

From pleth (“plait, braid”) +‎ -u.

Pronunciation

Verb

plethu (first-person singular present plethaf)

  1. (transitive) to plait, to braid

Conjugation
Conjugation (literary)
singular plural impersonal
first second third first second third
present indicative/future plethaf plethi pleth, pletha plethwn plethwch plethant plethir
imperfect (indicative/subjunctive)/
conditional		 plethwn plethit plethai plethem plethech plethent plethid
preterite plethais plethaist plethodd plethasom plethasoch plethasant plethwyd
pluperfect plethaswn plethasit plethasai plethasem plethasech plethasent plethasid, plethesid
present subjunctive plethwyf plethych pletho plethom plethoch plethont plether
imperative — pletha plethed plethwn plethwch plethent plether
verbal noun plethu
verbal adjectives plethedig
plethadwy
Conjugation (colloquial)
Inflected colloquial forms singular plural
first second third first second third
future pletha i, plethaf i plethi di plethith o/e/hi, plethiff e/hi plethwn ni plethwch chi plethan nhw
conditional plethwn i, plethswn i plethet ti, plethset ti plethai fo/fe/hi, plethsai fo/fe/hi plethen ni, plethsen ni plethech chi, plethsech chi plethen nhw, plethsen nhw
preterite plethais i, plethes i plethaist ti, plethest ti plethodd o/e/hi plethon ni plethoch chi plethon nhw
imperative — pletha — — plethwch —
Note: All other forms are periphrastic, as usual in colloquial Welsh.

Mutation
Welsh mutation
radical soft nasal aspirate
plethu blethu mhlethu phlethu
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

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