ethol

Albanian

Etymology

Unknown. Maybe related to ethe (“fever”), but the -ol ending is unusual.

Noun

ethol m

  1. (archaic) orgasm

Welsh

Verb

ethol (first-person singular present etholaf)

  1. (transitive) to elect, to choose

Conjugation
Conjugation (literary)
singular plural impersonal
first second third first second third
present indicative/future etholaf etholi ethola etholwn etholwch etholant etholir
imperfect (indicative/subjunctive)/
conditional		 etholwn etholit etholai etholem etholech etholent etholid
preterite etholais etholaist etholodd etholasom etholasoch etholasant etholwyd
pluperfect etholaswn etholasit etholasai etholasem etholasech etholasent etholasid, etholesid
present subjunctive etholwyf etholych etholo etholom etholoch etholont etholer
imperative — ethola etholed etholwn etholwch etholent etholer
verbal noun ethol
verbal adjectives etholedig
etholadwy
Conjugation (colloquial)
Inflected colloquial forms singular plural
first second third first second third
future ethola i, etholaf i etholi di etholith o/e/hi, etholiff e/hi etholwn ni etholwch chi etholan nhw
conditional etholwn i, etholswn i etholet ti, etholset ti etholai fo/fe/hi, etholsai fo/fe/hi etholen ni, etholsen ni etholech chi, etholsech chi etholen nhw, etholsen nhw
preterite etholais i, etholes i etholaist ti, etholest ti etholodd o/e/hi etholon ni etholoch chi etholon nhw
imperative — ethola — — etholwch —
Note: All other forms are periphrastic, as usual in colloquial Welsh.

Derived terms
  • etholadwy (“elective”)
  • etholfraint (“franchise, right to vote”)
  • etholaeth (“electorate; constituency”)
  • etholedig (“elect, chosen”)
  • etholiad (“election”)
  • etholwr (“elector, voter”)

Mutation
Welsh mutation
radicalsoftnasalh-prothesis
ethol unchanged unchanged hethol
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

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