adrodd
Welsh
editAlternative forms
editEtymology
editFrom ad- + Proto-Celtic *rādīti, verbal noun *rādos (compare Old Irish ráidid), from Proto-Indo-European *Hreh₁dʰ- (“to perform successfully”) (compare Sanskrit राध्नोति (rādhnoti), राध्यति (rādhyati, “to perform successfully”), Old Church Slavonic радити (raditi, “to take care of, work”), Gothic 𐍂𐍉𐌳𐌾𐌰𐌽 (rōdjan, “to talk”), Lithuanian rodýti (“to show”).
Pronunciation
editVerb
editadrodd (first-person singular present adroddaf)
Conjugation
editConjugation (literary)
singular | plural | impersonal | ||||||
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first | second | third | first | second | third | |||
present indicative/future | adroddaf | adroddi | edrydd, adrodda | adroddwn | adroddwch | adroddant | adroddir | |
imperfect (indicative/subjunctive)/ conditional |
adroddwn | adroddit | adroddai | adroddem | adroddech | adroddent | adroddid | |
preterite | adroddais | adroddaist | adroddodd | adroddasom | adroddasoch | adroddasant | adroddwyd | |
pluperfect | adroddaswn | adroddasit | adroddasai | adroddasem | adroddasech | adroddasent | adroddasid, adroddesid | |
present subjunctive | adroddwyf | adroddych | adroddo | adroddom | adroddoch | adroddont | adrodder | |
imperative | — | adrodd, adrodda | adrodded | adroddwn | adroddwch | adroddent | adrodder | |
verbal noun | adrodd | |||||||
verbal adjectives | adroddedig adroddadwy |
Conjugation (colloquial)
Inflected colloquial forms | singular | plural | ||||
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first | second | third | first | second | third | |
future | adrodda i, adroddaf i | adroddi di | adroddith o/e/hi, adroddiff e/hi | adroddwn ni | adroddwch chi | adroddan nhw |
conditional | adroddwn i, adroddswn i | adroddet ti, adroddset ti | adroddai fo/fe/hi, adroddsai fo/fe/hi | adrodden ni, adroddsen ni | adroddech chi, adroddsech chi | adrodden nhw, adroddsen nhw |
preterite | adroddais i, adroddes i | adroddaist ti, adroddest ti | adroddodd o/e/hi | adroddon ni | adroddoch chi | adroddon nhw |
imperative | — | adrodda | — | — | adroddwch | — |
Note: All other forms are periphrastic, as usual in colloquial Welsh. |
Derived terms
editMutation
editWelsh mutation | |||
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radical | soft | nasal | h-prothesis |
adrodd | unchanged | unchanged | hadrodd |
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. |
Further reading
edit- R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke et al., editors (1950–present), “adroddaf”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies