ethol
Albanian
Etymology
Unknown. Maybe related to ethe (“fever”), but the -ol ending is unusual.
Noun
ethol m
- (archaic) orgasm
Welsh
Verb
ethol (first-person singular present etholaf)
- (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 | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| radical | soft | nasal | h-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