sychdarthu

Welsh

Etymology

From sych (dry) +‎ tarthu (to evaporate).

Pronunciation

  • (North Wales) IPA(key): /səχˈdarθɨ̞/, [səχˈtarθɨ̞]
  • (South Wales) IPA(key): /səχˈdarθi/, [səχˈtarθi]

Verb

sychdarthu (first-person singular present sychdarthaf, not mutable)

  1. (chemistry) to sublimate

Usage notes

The verbnoun or dictionary form of a verb, such as this entry, is employed as a masculine singular noun in Welsh to express an uncountable verbal noun. The corresponding countable noun is usually derived morphologically from the related verb.

Conjugation

Conjugation (literary)
singular plural impersonal
first second third first second third
present indicative/future sychdarthaf sychderthi sychdartha sychdarthwn sychderthwch, sychdarthwch sychdarthant sychderthir
imperfect (indicative/subjunctive)/
conditional
sychdarthwn sychdarthit sychdarthai sychdarthem sychdarthech sychdarthent sychderthid
preterite sychderthais sychderthaist sychdarthodd sychdarthasom sychdarthasoch sychdarthasant sychdarthwyd
pluperfect sychdarthaswn sychdarthasit sychdarthasai sychdarthasem sychdarthasech sychdarthasent sychdarthasid, sychdarthesid
present subjunctive sychdarthwyf sychderthych sychdartho sychdarthom sychdarthoch sychdarthont sychdarther
imperative sychdartha sychdarthed sychdarthwn sychderthwch, sychdarthwch sychdarthent sychdarther
verbal noun sychdarthu
verbal adjectives sychdarthedig
sychdarthadwy
Conjugation (colloquial)
inflected
colloquial forms
singular plural
first second third first second third
future sychdartha i,
sychdarthaf i
sychdarthi di sychdarthith o/e/hi,
sychdarthiff e/hi
sychdarthwn ni sychdarthwch chi sychdarthan nhw
conditional sychdarthwn i,
sychdarthswn i
sychdarthet ti,
sychdarthset ti
sychdarthai fo/fe/hi,
sychdarthsai fo/fe/hi
sychdarthen ni,
sychdarthsen ni
sychdarthech chi,
sychdarthsech chi
sychdarthen nhw,
sychdarthsen nhw
preterite sychdarthais i,
sychdarthes i
sychdarthaist ti,
sychdarthest ti
sychdarthodd o/e/hi sychdarthon ni sychdarthoch chi sychdarthon nhw
imperative sychdartha sychdarthwch

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

Derived terms

References

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