From Middle Welsh traethu, from an Old Welsh form related to treidin, from Proto-Brythonic *traɨθad, from Latin tractō.
traethu (first-person singular present traethaf)
singular | plural | impersonal | ||||||
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first | second | third | first | second | third | |||
present indicative/future | traethaf | traethi | traetha | traethwn | traethwch | traethant | traethir | |
imperfect (indicative/subjunctive)/ conditional |
traethwn | traethit | traethai | traethem | traethech | traethent | traethid | |
preterite | traethais | traethaist | traethodd | traethasom | traethasoch | traethasant | traethwyd | |
pluperfect | traethaswn | traethasit | traethasai | traethasem | traethasech | traethasent | traethasid, traethesid | |
present subjunctive | traethwyf | traethych | traetho | traethom | traethoch | traethont | traether | |
imperative | — | traetha | traethed | traethwn | traethwch | traethent | traether | |
verbal noun | traethu | |||||||
verbal adjectives | traethedig traethadwy |
Inflected colloquial forms | singular | plural | ||||
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first | second | third | first | second | third | |
future | traetha i, traethaf i | traethi di | traethith o/e/hi, traethiff e/hi | traethwn ni | traethwch chi | traethan nhw |
conditional | traethwn i, traethswn i | traethet ti, traethset ti | traethai fo/fe/hi, traethsai fo/fe/hi | traethen ni, traethsen ni | traethech chi, traethsech chi | traethen nhw, traethsen nhw |
preterite | traethais i, traethes i | traethaist ti, traethest ti | traethodd o/e/hi | traethon ni | traethoch chi | traethon nhw |
imperative | — | traetha | — | — | traethwch | — |
Note: All other forms are periphrastic, as usual in colloquial Welsh. |
radical | soft | nasal | aspirate |
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traethu | draethu | nhraethu | thraethu |
Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Welsh.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.