meithrin

Welsh

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈmei̯θrɪn/

Verb

meithrin (first-person singular present meithrinaf)

  1. to rear, to nurture, to develop
  2. to nurse, to nourish

Conjugation
Conjugation (literary)
singular plural impersonal
first second third first second third
present indicative/future meithrinaf meithrini meithrina meithrinwn meithrinwch meithrinant meithrinir
imperfect (indicative/subjunctive)/
conditional		 meithrinwn meithrinit meithrinai meithrinem meithrinech meithrinent meithrinid
preterite meithrinais meithrinaist meithrinodd meithrinasom meithrinasoch meithrinasant meithrinwyd
pluperfect meithrinaswn meithrinasit meithrinasai meithrinasem meithrinasech meithrinasent meithrinasid, meithrinesid
present subjunctive meithrinwyf meithrinych meithrino meithrinom meithrinoch meithrinont meithriner
imperative — meithrina meithrined meithrinwn meithrinwch meithrinent meithriner
verbal noun meithrin
verbal adjectives meithrinedig
meithrinadwy
Conjugation (colloquial)
Inflected colloquial forms singular plural
first second third first second third
future meithrina i, meithrinaf i meithrini di meithrinith o/e/hi, meithriniff e/hi meithrinwn ni meithrinwch chi meithrinan nhw
conditional meithrinwn i, meithrinswn i meithrinet ti, meithrinset ti meithrinai fo/fe/hi, meithrinsai fo/fe/hi meithrinen ni, meithrinsen ni meithrinech chi, meithrinsech chi meithrinen nhw, meithrinsen nhw
preterite meithrinais i, meithrines i meithrinaist ti, meithrinest ti meithrinodd o/e/hi meithrinon ni meithrinoch chi meithrinon nhw
imperative — meithrina — — meithrinwch —
Note: All other forms are periphrastic, as usual in colloquial Welsh.

Derived terms

Mutation
Welsh mutation
radicalsoftnasalaspirate
meithrin feithrin unchanged unchanged
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

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