rhathu
Welsh
Etymology
From Proto-Celtic *rasdeti (“to scrape; to scratch”), from Proto-Indo-European *reh₁d- (“to scrape, scratch, gnaw”). Cognate with Latin rādō (“to scrape”).
Verb
rhathu (first-person singular present rhathaf)
- to scrape
- to chafe
Conjugation
Conjugation (colloquial)
| Inflected colloquial forms | singular | plural | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| first | second | third | first | second | third | |
| future | rhatha i, rhathaf i | rhathi di | rhathith o/e/hi, rhathiff e/hi | rhathwn ni | rhathwch chi | rhathan nhw |
| conditional | rhathwn i, rhathswn i | rhathet ti, rhathset ti | rhathai fo/fe/hi, rhathsai fo/fe/hi | rhathen ni, rhathsen ni | rhathech chi, rhathsech chi | rhathen nhw, rhathsen nhw |
| preterite | rhathais i, rhathes i | rhathaist ti, rhathest ti | rhathodd o/e/hi | rhathon ni | rhathoch chi | rhathon nhw |
| imperative | — | rhatha | — | — | rhathwch | — |
| Note: All other forms are periphrastic, as usual in colloquial Welsh. | ||||||
Mutation
| Welsh mutation | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| radical | soft | nasal | aspirate |
| rhathu | rathu | unchanged | unchanged |
| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. | |||