tarthu

Welsh

Etymology

From tarth (haze, mist) +‎ -u.

Pronunciation

Verb

tarthu (first-person singular present tarthaf)

  1. (chemistry) to evaporate

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 tarthaf sychderthi tartha tarthwn sychderthwch, tarthwch tarthant sychderthir
imperfect (indicative/subjunctive)/
conditional
tarthwn tarthit tarthai tarthem tarthech tarthent sychderthid
preterite sychderthais sychderthaist tarthodd tarthasom tarthasoch tarthasant tarthwyd
pluperfect tarthaswn tarthasit tarthasai tarthasem tarthasech tarthasent tarthasid, tarthesid
present subjunctive tarthwyf sychderthych tartho tarthom tarthoch tarthont tarther
imperative tartha tarthed tarthwn sychderthwch, tarthwch tarthent tarther
verbal noun tarthu
verbal adjectives tarthedig
tarthadwy
Conjugation (colloquial)
inflected
colloquial forms
singular plural
first second third first second third
future tartha i,
tarthaf i
tarthi di tarthith o/e/hi,
tarthiff e/hi
tarthwn ni tarthwch chi tarthan nhw
conditional tarthwn i,
tarthswn i
tarthet ti,
tarthset ti
tarthai fo/fe/hi,
tarthsai fo/fe/hi
tarthen ni,
tarthsen ni
tarthech chi,
tarthsech chi
tarthen nhw,
tarthsen nhw
preterite tarthais i,
tarthes i
tarthaist ti,
tarthest ti
tarthodd o/e/hi tarthon ni tarthoch chi tarthon nhw
imperative tartha tarthwch

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

Derived terms

See also

Further reading

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