hadu
See also: hadů
Czech edit
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
hadu
Welsh edit
Alternative forms edit
Etymology edit
From the same root as the noun had (“seed”). Cognate with Middle Breton hadaff and Breton hadañ.
Pronunciation edit
- (North Wales) IPA(key): /ˈhadɨ̞/
- (South Wales) IPA(key): /ˈha(ː)di/
- Rhymes: -adɨ̞
Verb edit
hadu (first-person singular present hadaf, not mutable)
- to bring forth or produce seed, grow seed, multiply, become fruitful
- to sprout into ears, run to seed
- to sow, propagate
- to beget, procreate
Conjugation edit
Conjugation (literary)
singular | plural | impersonal | ||||||
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first | second | third | first | second | third | |||
present indicative/future | hadaf | hedi | hada | hadwn | hedwch, hadwch | hadant | hedir | |
imperfect (indicative/subjunctive)/ conditional |
hadwn | hadit | hadai | hadem | hadech | hadent | hedid | |
preterite | hedais | hedaist | hadodd | hadasom | hadasoch | hadasant | hadwyd | |
pluperfect | hadaswn | hadasit | hadasai | hadasem | hadasech | hadasent | hadasid, hadesid | |
present subjunctive | hadwyf | hedych | hado | hadom | hadoch | hadont | hader | |
imperative | — | hada | haded | hadwn | hedwch, hadwch | hadent | hader | |
verbal noun | hadu | |||||||
verbal adjectives | — |
Conjugation (colloquial)
Inflected colloquial forms | singular | plural | ||||
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first | second | third | first | second | third | |
future | hada i, hadaf i | hadi di | hadith o/e/hi, hadiff e/hi | hadwn ni | hadwch chi | hadan nhw |
conditional | hadwn i, hadswn i | hadet ti, hadset ti | hadai fo/fe/hi, hadsai fo/fe/hi | haden ni, hadsen ni | hadech chi, hadsech chi | haden nhw, hadsen nhw |
preterite | hadais i, hades i | hadaist ti, hadest ti | hadodd o/e/hi | hadon ni | hadoch chi | hadon nhw |
imperative | — | hada | — | — | hadwch | — |
Note: All other forms are periphrastic, as usual in colloquial Welsh. |
Further reading edit
- R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke et al., editors (1950–present), “hadaf”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies