bathu

Welsh

Etymology

From bath (“stamp”) +‎ -u.

Pronunciation

• (North Wales, standard) IPA^(key): /ˈbaːθɨ̞/
• (South Wales, standard) IPA^(key): /ˈbaːθ.i/

Verb

bathu (first-person singular present bathaf)

1. To mint (money), to strike, to forge, to coin (an expression), to stamp, to cast
   • 1859, Hugh Hughes, Gramadeg cymraeg: sef, ieithiadur athronyddol: yn yr hwn yr amlygir deddfau yr iaith gymraeg ... hefyd, Rheolau barddoniaeth Gwynedd a Morganwg, yn nghyda rheolau y mesurau rhyddion, a Thraithawd ar reitheg, page 48:

     ...Y mae y synwyr yn ddigon eglur; pe amgen byddai yn hawdd bathu gair newydd […]

     ...The sense is clear enough; otherwise it would be easy to coin a new word […]

   • 1984 December 31, Sabine Volk-Birke, Grenzpfähle Der Wirklichkeit: Approaches to the Poetry of R. S. Thomas, Peter Lang Gmbh, Internationaler Verlag Der Wissenschaften:

     ...hyd yn oed os byddant wedi bathu gair Cymraeg ar gyfer pob teclyn ac erfyn sy'n perthyn i'r oes dechnegol, blastig y maen nhw'n byw ynddi […]

     ...even if they have coined a Welsh word for every gadget and tool that belongs to the technical, plastic age they live in […]

Conjugation

Conjugation of bathu (colloquial)

inflected colloquial forms	singular			plural
	first	second	third	first	second	third
future	batha i, bathaf i	bathi di	bathith o/e/hi, bathiff e/hi	bathwn ni	bathwch chi	bathan nhw
conditional	bathwn i, bathswn i	bathet ti, bathset ti	bathai fo/fe/hi, bathsai fo/fe/hi	bathen ni, bathsen ni	bathech chi, bathsech chi	bathen nhw, bathsen nhw
preterite	bathais i, bathes i	bathaist ti, bathest ti	bathodd o/e/hi	bathon ni	bathoch chi	bathon nhw
imperative	—	batha	—	—	bathwch	—

Note: All other forms are periphrastic, as usual in colloquial Welsh.

Mutation

Mutated forms of bathu

radical	soft	nasal	aspirate
bathu	fathu	mathu	unchanged

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Welsh.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

References

• R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke et al., editors (1950–present), “bathu”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies