parhau
Welsh
Alternative forms
- para (colloquial)
Pronunciation
- (North Wales) IPA(key): /parˈhaɨ̯/
- (South Wales) IPA(key): /parˈhai̯/
- Rhymes: -aɨ̯
Verb
parhau (first-person singular present parhaf)
- (intransitive) to continue, to endure, to last
- (transitive) to prolong, to perpetuate
Conjugation
Conjugation (literary)
| singular | plural | impersonal | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| first | second | third | first | second | third | |||
| present indicative/future | parhaf | parhei | pery, parha | parhawn | parhewch | parhânt | parheir | |
| imperfect (indicative/subjunctive)/conditional | parhawn | parhait | parhâi | parhaem | parhaech | parhaent | parheid | |
| preterite | parheais | parheaist | parhaodd | parhasom | parhasoch | parhasant | parhawyd | |
| pluperfect | parhaswn | parhasit | parhasai | parhasem | parhasech | parhasent | parhasid, parhesid | |
| present subjunctive | parhawyf | parheych | parhao | parhaom | parhaoch | parhaont | parhaer | |
| imperative | — | parha | parhaed | parhawn | parhewch | parhaent | parhaer | |
| verbal noun | parhau | |||||||
| verbal adjectives | parhedig parhadwy | |||||||
Conjugation (colloquial)
| Inflected colloquial forms | singular | plural | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| first | second | third | first | second | third | |
| future | parheua i, parheuaf i | parheui di | parheuith o/e/hi, parheuiff e/hi | parheuwn ni | parheuwch chi | parheuan nhw |
| conditional | parheuwn i, parheuswn i | parheuet ti, parheuset ti | parheuai fo/fe/hi, parheusai fo/fe/hi | parheuen ni, parheusen ni | parheuech chi, parheusech chi | parheuen nhw, parheusen nhw |
| preterite | parheuais i, parheues i | parheuaist ti, parheuest ti | parheuodd o/e/hi | parheuon ni | parheuoch chi | parheuon nhw |
| imperative | — | parheua | — | — | parheuwch | — |
| Note: All other forms are periphrastic, as usual in colloquial Welsh. | ||||||
Mutation
| Welsh mutation | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| radical | soft | nasal | aspirate |
| parhau | barhau | mharhau | pharhau |
| 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), “parhau”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies
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