From Middle Welsh pregethu. By surface analysis, pregeth + -u.
pregethu (first-person singular present pregethaf)
singular | plural | impersonal | ||||||
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first | second | third | first | second | third | |||
present indicative/future | pregethaf | pregethi | pregeth, pregetha | pregethwn | pregethwch | pregethant | pregethir | |
imperfect (indicative/subjunctive)/ conditional |
pregethwn | pregethit | pregethai | pregethem | pregethech | pregethent | pregethid | |
preterite | pregethais | pregethaist | pregethodd | pregethasom | pregethasoch | pregethasant | pregethwyd | |
pluperfect | pregethaswn | pregethasit | pregethasai | pregethasem | pregethasech | pregethasent | pregethasid, pregethesid | |
present subjunctive | pregethwyf | pregethych | pregetho | pregethom | pregethoch | pregethont | pregether | |
imperative | — | pregeth, pregetha | pregethed | pregethwn | pregethwch | pregethent | pregether | |
verbal noun | pregethu | |||||||
verbal adjectives | pregethedig pregethadwy |
Inflected colloquial forms | singular | plural | ||||
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first | second | third | first | second | third | |
future | pregetha i, pregethaf i | pregethi di | pregethith o/e/hi, pregethiff e/hi | pregethwn ni | pregethwch chi | pregethan nhw |
conditional | pregethwn i, pregethswn i | pregethet ti, pregethset ti | pregethai fo/fe/hi, pregethsai fo/fe/hi | pregethen ni, pregethsen ni | pregethech chi, pregethsech chi | pregethen nhw, pregethsen nhw |
preterite | pregethais i, pregethes i | pregethaist ti, pregethest ti | pregethodd o/e/hi | pregethon ni | pregethoch chi | pregethon nhw |
imperative | — | pregetha | — | — | pregethwch | — |
Note: All other forms are periphrastic, as usual in colloquial Welsh. |