From maeth (“nourishment; nurture”) + -u.
maethu (first-person singular present maethaf)
| singular | plural | impersonal | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| first | second | third | first | second | third | |||
| present indicative/future | maethaf | maethi | maetha | maethwn | maethwch | maethant | maethir | |
| imperfect (indicative/subjunctive)/ conditional |
maethwn | maethit | maethai | maethem | maethech | maethent | maethid | |
| preterite | maethais | maethaist | maethodd | maethasom | maethasoch | maethasant | maethwyd | |
| pluperfect | maethaswn | maethasit | maethasai | maethasem | maethasech | maethasent | maethasid, maethesid | |
| present subjunctive | maethwyf | maethych | maetho | maethom | maethoch | maethont | maether | |
| imperative | — | maetha | maethed | maethwn | maethwch | maethent | maether | |
| verbal noun | maethu | |||||||
| verbal adjectives | maethedig maethadwy | |||||||
| Inflected colloquial forms | singular | plural | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| first | second | third | first | second | third | |
| future | maetha i, maethaf i | maethi di | maethith o/e/hi, maethiff e/hi | maethwn ni | maethwch chi | maethan nhw |
| conditional | maethwn i, maethswn i | maethet ti, maethset ti | maethai fo/fe/hi, maethsai fo/fe/hi | maethen ni, maethsen ni | maethech chi, maethsech chi | maethen nhw, maethsen nhw |
| preterite | maethais i, maethes i | maethaist ti, maethest ti | maethodd o/e/hi | maethon ni | maethoch chi | maethon nhw |
| imperative | — | maetha | — | — | maethwch | — |
| Note: All other forms are periphrastic, as usual in colloquial Welsh. | ||||||
| radical | soft | nasal | aspirate |
|---|---|---|---|
| maethu | faethu | unchanged | unchanged |
Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Welsh.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.