meithrin

Welsh

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈmei̯θrɪn/

Verb

meithrin (first-person singular present meithrinaf)

  1. to rear, to nurture, to develop
  2. to nurse, to nourish

Conjugation

Conjugation (literary)
singular plural impersonal
first second third first second third
present indicative/future meithrinaf meithrini meithrina meithrinwn meithrinwch meithrinant meithrinir
imperfect (indicative/subjunctive)/
conditional 		meithrinwn meithrinit meithrinai meithrinem meithrinech meithrinent meithrinid
preterite meithrinais meithrinaist meithrinodd meithrinasom meithrinasoch meithrinasant meithrinwyd
pluperfect meithrinaswn meithrinasit meithrinasai meithrinasem meithrinasech meithrinasent meithrinasid, meithrinesid
present subjunctive meithrinwyf meithrinych meithrino meithrinom meithrinoch meithrinont meithriner
imperative — meithrina meithrined meithrinwn meithrinwch meithrinent meithriner
verbal noun meithrin
verbal adjectives meithrinedig
meithrinadwy
Conjugation (colloquial)
inflected
colloquial forms 		singular plural
first second third first second third
future meithrina i,
meithrinaf i 		meithrini di meithrinith o/e/hi,
meithriniff e/hi 		meithrinwn ni meithrinwch chi meithrinan nhw
conditional meithrinwn i,
meithrinswn i 		meithrinet ti,
meithrinset ti 		meithrinai fo/fe/hi,
meithrinsai fo/fe/hi 		meithrinen ni,
meithrinsen ni 		meithrinech chi,
meithrinsech chi 		meithrinen nhw,
meithrinsen nhw
preterite meithrinais i,
meithrines i 		meithrinaist ti,
meithrinest ti 		meithrinodd o/e/hi meithrinon ni meithrinoch chi meithrinon nhw
imperative — meithrina — — meithrinwch —

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

Derived terms

Mutation

Mutated forms of meithrin
radical soft nasal aspirate
meithrin feithrin unchanged unchanged

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), “meithrin”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies
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