sarhau

Welsh

Etymology

Seemingly borrowed from Old Irish sár (outrage) +‎ -hau. Akin to haer.

Pronunciation

Verb

sarhau (first-person singular present sarhaf, not mutable)

  1. to insult, to offend
    Synonym: sarhadu
  2. to be offended

Conjugation

Conjugation (literary)
singular plural impersonal
first second third first second third
present indicative/future sarhaf sarhei sery, sarha sarhawn sarhewch sarhânt sarheir
imperfect (indicative/subjunctive)/
conditional
sarhawn sarhait sarhâi sarhaem sarhaech sarhaent sarheid
preterite sarheais sarheaist sarhaodd sarhasom sarhasoch sarhasant sarhawyd
pluperfect sarhaswn sarhasit sarhasai sarhasem sarhasech sarhasent sarhasid, sarhesid
present subjunctive sarhawyf sarheych sarhao sarhaom sarhaoch sarhaont sarhaer
imperative sarha sarhaed sarhawn sarhewch sarhaent sarhaer
verbal noun
verbal adjectives sarhedig
sarhadwy
Conjugation (colloquial)
inflected
colloquial forms
singular plural
first second third first second third
future sarheua i,
sarheuaf i
sarheui di sarheuith o/e/hi,
sarheuiff e/hi
sarheuwn ni sarheuwch chi sarheuan nhw
conditional sarheuwn i,
sarheuswn i
sarheuet ti,
sarheuset ti
sarheuai fo/fe/hi,
sarheusai fo/fe/hi
sarheuen ni,
sarheusen ni
sarheuech chi,
sarheusech chi
sarheuen nhw,
sarheusen nhw
preterite sarheuais i,
sarheues i
sarheuaist ti,
sarheuest ti
sarheuodd o/e/hi sarheuon ni sarheuoch chi sarheuon nhw
imperative sarheua sarheuwch

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

Derived terms

Further reading

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