amaethu

Welsh

Etymology

From amaeth (plowman, tiller) +‎ -u.

Verb

amaethu (first-person singular present amaethaf)

  1. (ambitransitive) to cultivate, farm, till

Conjugation

Conjugation (literary)
singular plural impersonal
first second third first second third
present indicative/future amaethaf amaethi amaetha amaethwn amaethwch amaethant amaethir
imperfect (indicative/subjunctive)/
conditional
amaethwn amaethit amaethai amaethem amaethech amaethent amaethid
preterite amaethais amaethaist amaethodd amaethasom amaethasoch amaethasant amaethwyd
pluperfect amaethaswn amaethasit amaethasai amaethasem amaethasech amaethasent amaethasid, amaethesid
present subjunctive amaethwyf amaethych amaetho amaethom amaethoch amaethont amaether
imperative amaetha amaethed amaethwn amaethwch amaethent amaether
verbal noun amaethu
verbal adjectives amaethedig
amaethadwy
Conjugation (colloquial)
inflected
colloquial forms
singular plural
first second third first second third
future amaetha i,
amaethaf i
amaethi di amaethith o/e/hi,
amaethiff e/hi
amaethwn ni amaethwch chi amaethan nhw
conditional amaethwn i,
amaethswn i
amaethet ti,
amaethset ti
amaethai fo/fe/hi,
amaethsai fo/fe/hi
amaethen ni,
amaethsen ni
amaethech chi,
amaethsech chi
amaethen nhw,
amaethsen nhw
preterite amaethais i,
amaethes i
amaethaist ti,
amaethest ti
amaethodd o/e/hi amaethon ni amaethoch chi amaethon nhw
imperative amaetha amaethwch

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

Derived terms

Mutation

Mutated forms of amaethu
radical soft nasal h-prothesis
amaethu unchanged unchanged hamaethu

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

Further reading

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