parhau

Welsh

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Middle Welsh parhau, parahau. Cognate with Cornish paragh.

Pronunciation

Verb

parhau (first-person singular present parhaf)

  1. (intransitive) to continue, to endure, to last
  2. (transitive) to prolong, to perpetuate

Conjugation

Conjugation (literary)
singular plural impersonal
first second third first second third
present indicative/future parhaf parhei pery, parha parhawn parhewch parhânt parheir
imperfect (indicative/subjunctive)/
conditional
parhawn parhait parhâi parhaem parhaech parhaent parheid
preterite parheais parheaist parhaodd parhasom parhasoch parhasant parhawyd
pluperfect parhaswn parhasit parhasai parhasem parhasech parhasent parhasid, parhesid
present subjunctive parhawyf parheych parhao parhaom parhaoch parhaont parhaer
imperative parha parhaed parhawn parhewch parhaent parhaer
verbal noun
verbal adjectives parhedig
parhadwy
Conjugation (colloquial)
inflected
colloquial forms
singular plural
first second third first second third
future parheua i,
parheuaf i
parheui di parheuith o/e/hi,
parheuiff e/hi
parheuwn ni parheuwch chi parheuan nhw
conditional parheuwn i,
parheuswn i
parheuet ti,
parheuset ti
parheuai fo/fe/hi,
parheusai fo/fe/hi
parheuen ni,
parheusen ni
parheuech chi,
parheusech chi
parheuen nhw,
parheusen nhw
preterite parheuais i,
parheues i
parheuaist ti,
parheuest ti
parheuodd o/e/hi parheuon ni parheuoch chi parheuon nhw
imperative parheua parheuwch

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

Derived terms

Mutation

Mutated forms of parhau
radical soft nasal aspirate
parhau barhau mharhau pharhau

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