Inherited from Middle Welsh sathru, from Proto-Brythonic *salθrọd and Proto-Celtic *saltrāti. Cognate with Breton saotrañ (“to pollute”).
sathru (first-person singular present sathraf, not mutable)
singular | plural | impersonal | ||||||
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first | second | third | first | second | third | |||
present indicative/future | sathraf | sathri | sathra | sathrwn | sathrwch | sathrant | sathrir | |
imperfect (indicative/subjunctive)/ conditional |
sathrwn | sathrit | sathrai | sathrem | sathrech | sathrent | sathrid | |
preterite | sathrais | sathraist | sathrodd | sathrasom | sathrasoch | sathrasant | sathrwyd | |
pluperfect | sathraswn | sathrasit | sathrasai | sathrasem | sathrasech | sathrasent | sathrasid, sathresid | |
present subjunctive | sathrwyf | sathrych | sathro | sathrom | sathroch | sathront | sathrer | |
imperative | — | sathra | sathred | sathrwn | sathrwch | sathrent | sathrer | |
verbal noun | sathru | |||||||
verbal adjectives | sathredig sathradwy |
Inflected colloquial forms | singular | plural | ||||
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first | second | third | first | second | third | |
future | sathra i, sathraf i | sathri di | sathrith o/e/hi, sathriff e/hi | sathrwn ni | sathrwch chi | sathran nhw |
conditional | sathrwn i, sathrswn i | sathret ti, sathrset ti | sathrai fo/fe/hi, sathrsai fo/fe/hi | sathren ni, sathrsen ni | sathrech chi, sathrsech chi | sathren nhw, sathrsen nhw |
preterite | sathrais i, sathres i | sathraist ti, sathrest ti | sathrodd o/e/hi | sathron ni | sathroch chi | sathron nhw |
imperative | — | sathra | — | — | sathrwch | — |
Note: All other forms are periphrastic, as usual in colloquial Welsh. |