From Proto-Celtic *rasdeti (“to scrape; to scratch”), cognate with Latin rādō (“to scrape”).
rhathu (first-person singular present rhathaf)
singular | plural | impersonal | ||||||
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first | second | third | first | second | third | |||
present indicative/future | rhathaf | rhethi | rhatha | rhathwn | rhethwch, rhathwch | rhathant | rhethir | |
imperfect (indicative/subjunctive)/ conditional |
rhathwn | rhathit | rhathai | rhathem | rhathech | rhathent | rhethid | |
preterite | rhethais | rhethaist | rhathodd | rhathasom | rhathasoch | rhathasant | rhathwyd | |
pluperfect | rhathaswn | rhathasit | rhathasai | rhathasem | rhathasech | rhathasent | rhathasid, rhathesid | |
present subjunctive | rhathwyf | rhethych | rhatho | rhathom | rhathoch | rhathont | rhather | |
imperative | — | rhatha | rhathed | rhathwn | rhethwch, rhathwch | rhathent | rhather | |
verbal noun | rhathu | |||||||
verbal adjectives | rhathedig rhathadwy |
Inflected colloquial forms | singular | plural | ||||
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first | second | third | first | second | third | |
future | rhatha i, rhathaf i | rhathi di | rhathith o/e/hi, rhathiff e/hi | rhathwn ni | rhathwch chi | rhathan nhw |
conditional | rhathwn i, rhathswn i | rhathet ti, rhathset ti | rhathai fo/fe/hi, rhathsai fo/fe/hi | rhathen ni, rhathsen ni | rhathech chi, rhathsech chi | rhathen nhw, rhathsen nhw |
preterite | rhathais i, rhathes i | rhathaist ti, rhathest ti | rhathodd o/e/hi | rhathon ni | rhathoch chi | rhathon nhw |
imperative | — | rhatha | — | — | rhathwch | — |
Note: All other forms are periphrastic, as usual in colloquial Welsh. |