parhau

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Welsh

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Middle Welsh parhau, parahau. Cognate with Cornish paragh.

This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.
Particularly: “GPC doesn't give further etymology. This looks like a derivative of Proto-Indo-European *per- (“to cross, pass, carry forth”), probably via a Latin borrowing, as the word can't derive from Proto-Celtic into the above PIE root via sound laws. The suffix -hau suggests a denominal, but from what noun?”

Pronunciation

Verb

parhau (first-person singular present parhaf)

  1. (intransitive) to continue, to endure, to last
  2. (transitive) to prolong, to perpetuate

Conjugation

Conjugation (literary)
singular plural impersonal
first second third first second third
present indicative/future parhaf parhei pery, parha parhawn parhewch parhânt parheir
imperfect (indicative/subjunctive)/conditional parhawn parhait parhâi parhaem parhaech parhaent parheid
preterite parheais parheaist parhaodd parhasom parhasoch parhasant parhawyd
pluperfect parhaswn parhasit parhasai parhasem parhasech parhasent parhasid, parhesid
present subjunctive parhawyf parheych parhao parhaom parhaoch parhaont parhaer
imperative — parha parhaed parhawn parhewch parhaent parhaer
verbal noun parhau
verbal adjectives parhedig
parhadwy
Conjugation (colloquial)
Inflected colloquial forms singular plural
first second third first second third
future parheua i, parheuaf i parheui di parheuith o/e/hi, parheuiff e/hi parheuwn ni parheuwch chi parheuan nhw
conditional parheuwn i, parheuswn i parheuet ti, parheuset ti parheuai fo/fe/hi, parheusai fo/fe/hi parheuen ni, parheusen ni parheuech chi, parheusech chi parheuen nhw, parheusen nhw
preterite parheuais i, parheues i parheuaist ti, parheuest ti parheuodd o/e/hi parheuon ni parheuoch chi parheuon nhw
imperative — parheua — — parheuwch —
Note: All other forms are periphrastic, as usual in colloquial Welsh.

Derived terms

Mutation

Mutated forms of parhau
radical soft nasal aspirate
parhau barhau mharhau pharhau

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), “parhau”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies
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