sarhau
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Welsh
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Seemingly borrowed from Old Irish sár (“outrage”) + -hau. Akin to haer.
Pronunciation
[edit]- (North Wales) IPA(key): /sarˈhaɨ̯/
- (South Wales) IPA(key): /sarˈhai̯/
- Rhymes: -aɨ̯
Verb
[edit]sarhau (first-person singular present sarhaf, not mutable)
Conjugation
[edit]Conjugation (literary)
| singular | plural | impersonal | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| first | second | third | first | second | third | |||
| present indicative/future | sarhaf | sarhei | sery, sarha | sarhawn | sarhewch | sarhânt | sarheir | |
| imperfect (indicative/subjunctive)/conditional | sarhawn | sarhait | sarhâi | sarhaem | sarhaech | sarhaent | sarheid | |
| preterite | sarheais | sarheaist | sarhaodd | sarhasom | sarhasoch | sarhasant | sarhawyd | |
| pluperfect | sarhaswn | sarhasit | sarhasai | sarhasem | sarhasech | sarhasent | sarhasid, sarhesid | |
| present subjunctive | sarhawyf | sarheych | sarhao | sarhaom | sarhaoch | sarhaont | sarhaer | |
| imperative | — | sarha | sarhaed | sarhawn | sarhewch | sarhaent | sarhaer | |
| verbal noun | sarhau | |||||||
| verbal adjectives | sarhedig sarhadwy | |||||||
Conjugation (colloquial)
| Inflected colloquial forms | singular | plural | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| first | second | third | first | second | third | |
| future | sarheua i, sarheuaf i | sarheui di | sarheuith o/e/hi, sarheuiff e/hi | sarheuwn ni | sarheuwch chi | sarheuan nhw |
| conditional | sarheuwn i, sarheuswn i | sarheuet ti, sarheuset ti | sarheuai fo/fe/hi, sarheusai fo/fe/hi | sarheuen ni, sarheusen ni | sarheuech chi, sarheusech chi | sarheuen nhw, sarheusen nhw |
| preterite | sarheuais i, sarheues i | sarheuaist ti, sarheuest ti | sarheuodd o/e/hi | sarheuon ni | sarheuoch chi | sarheuon nhw |
| imperative | — | sarheua | — | — | sarheuwch | — |
| Note: All other forms are periphrastic, as usual in colloquial Welsh. | ||||||
Derived terms
[edit]Further reading
[edit]- R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke et al., editors (1950–present), “sarhau”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies