meithrin

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Welsh

Pronunciation

Verb

meithrin (first-person singular present meithrinaf)

  1. to rear, to nurture, to develop
  2. to nurse, to nourish

Conjugation

Conjugation (literary)
singular plural impersonal
first second third first second third
present indicative/future meithrinaf meithrini meithrina meithrinwn meithrinwch meithrinant meithrinir
imperfect (indicative/subjunctive)/
conditional 		meithrinwn meithrinit meithrinai meithrinem meithrinech meithrinent meithrinid
preterite meithrinais meithrinaist meithrinodd meithrinasom meithrinasoch meithrinasant meithrinwyd
pluperfect meithrinaswn meithrinasit meithrinasai meithrinasem meithrinasech meithrinasent meithrinasid, meithrinesid
present subjunctive meithrinwyf meithrinych meithrino meithrinom meithrinoch meithrinont meithriner
imperative — meithrina meithrined meithrinwn meithrinwch meithrinent meithriner
verbal noun meithrin
verbal adjectives meithrinedig
meithrinadwy
Conjugation (colloquial)
Inflected colloquial forms singular plural
first second third first second third
future meithrina i, meithrinaf i meithrini di meithrinith o/e/hi, meithriniff e/hi meithrinwn ni meithrinwch chi meithrinan nhw
conditional meithrinwn i, meithrinswn i meithrinet ti, meithrinset ti meithrinai fo/fe/hi, meithrinsai fo/fe/hi meithrinen ni, meithrinsen ni meithrinech chi, meithrinsech chi meithrinen nhw, meithrinsen nhw
preterite meithrinais i, meithrines i meithrinaist ti, meithrinest ti meithrinodd o/e/hi meithrinon ni meithrinoch chi meithrinon nhw
imperative — meithrina — — meithrinwch —
Note: All other forms are periphrastic, as usual in colloquial Welsh.

Derived terms

Mutation

Mutated forms of meithrin
radical soft nasal aspirate
meithrin feithrin unchanged unchanged

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Welsh.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

Further reading

  • R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke et al., editors (1950–present), “meithrin”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies
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