llethu

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Welsh

Etymology

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Pronunciation

Verb

llethu (first-person singular present llethaf)

  1. to press down (on)
    Synonyms: pwyso (ar), pwyso i lawr
  2. to squash, to crush
    Synonyms: gwasgu, beichio
  3. to overwhelm, to vanquish
    Synonyms: gorchfygu, trechu, goresgyn, baeddu
  4. to overpower, to subdue
    Synonyms: gorthrymu, gorthrechu, cyfarsangu, gormesu, darostwng
  5. (figurative) to quell, to quench, to stifle, to stamp out, to extirpate (e.g. wrath, lasciviousness)
    Synonyms: diffodd, dileu, rhoi pen ar, diddymu
  6. (intransitive) to be crushed or overwhelmed
    Synonyms: ymlâdd, diffygio

Conjugation

Conjugation (literary)
singular plural impersonal
first second third first second third
present indicative/future llethaf llethi lletha llethwn llethwch llethant llethir
imperfect (indicative/subjunctive)/
conditional 		llethwn llethit llethai llethem llethech llethent llethid
preterite llethais llethaist llethodd llethasom llethasoch llethasant llethwyd
pluperfect llethaswn llethasit llethasai llethasem llethasech llethasent llethasid, llethesid
present subjunctive llethwyf llethych lletho llethom llethoch llethont llether
imperative — lletha llethed llethwn llethwch llethent llether
verbal noun llethu
verbal adjectives llethedig
llethadwy
Conjugation (colloquial)
Inflected colloquial forms singular plural
first second third first second third
future lletha i, llethaf i llethi di llethith o/e/hi, llethiff e/hi llethwn ni llethwch chi llethan nhw
conditional llethwn i, llethswn i llethet ti, llethset ti llethai fo/fe/hi, llethsai fo/fe/hi llethen ni, llethsen ni llethech chi, llethsech chi llethen nhw, llethsen nhw
preterite llethais i, llethes i llethaist ti, llethest ti llethodd o/e/hi llethon ni llethoch chi llethon nhw
imperative — lletha — — llethwch —
Note: All other forms are periphrastic, as usual in colloquial Welsh.

Derived terms

Mutation

Welsh mutation
radical soft nasal aspirate
llethu lethu 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), “llethu”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies
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