Unknown. Maybe related to ethe (“fever”), but the -ol ending is unusual.
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ethol (first-person singular present etholaf)
singular | plural | impersonal | ||||||
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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 |
Inflected colloquial forms | singular | plural | ||||
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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. |
Welsh mutation | |||
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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. |