anweddu

Welsh

Etymology

From anwedd (“steam, vapour”) +‎ -u.

Pronunciation

(North Wales) IPA^(key): /anˈwɛðɨ̞/
(South Wales) IPA^(key): /anˈweːði/, /anˈwɛði/

Verb

anweddu (first-person singular present anweddaf)

(chemistry) to vaporise

Usage notes

The verbnoun or dictionary form of a verb, such as this entry, is employed as a masculine singular noun in Welsh to express an uncountable verbal noun. The corresponding countable noun is usually derived morphologically from the related verb.

Conjugation

Conjugation (literary)

	singular			plural			impersonal
	first	second	third	first	second	third	impersonal
present indicative/future	anweddaf	anweddi	anwedda	anweddwn	anweddwch	anweddant	anweddir
imperfect (indicative/subjunctive)/ conditional	anweddwn	anweddit	anweddai	anweddem	anweddech	anweddent	anweddid
preterite	anweddais	anweddaist	anweddodd	anweddasom	anweddasoch	anweddasant	anweddwyd
pluperfect	anweddaswn	anweddasit	anweddasai	anweddasem	anweddasech	anweddasent	anweddasid, anweddesid
present subjunctive	anweddwyf	anweddych	anweddo	anweddom	anweddoch	anweddont	anwedder
imperative	—	anwedda	anwedded	anweddwn	anweddwch	anweddent	anwedder
verbal noun	anweddu
verbal adjectives	anweddedig anweddadwy

Conjugation (colloquial)

Inflected colloquial forms	singular			plural
Inflected colloquial forms	first	second	third	first	second	third
future	anwedda i, anweddaf i	anweddi di	anweddith o/e/hi, anweddiff e/hi	anweddwn ni	anweddwch chi	anweddan nhw
conditional	anweddwn i, anweddswn i	anweddet ti, anweddset ti	anweddai fo/fe/hi, anweddsai fo/fe/hi	anwedden ni, anweddsen ni	anweddech chi, anweddsech chi	anwedden nhw, anweddsen nhw
preterite	anweddais i, anweddes i	anweddaist ti, anweddest ti	anweddodd o/e/hi	anweddon ni	anweddoch chi	anweddon nhw
imperative	—	anwedda	—	—	anweddwch	—
Note: All other forms are periphrastic, as usual in colloquial Welsh.

Derived terms

anweddiad (“vaporisation”)
anweddydd (“evaporator, vaporiser”)

Mutation

Welsh mutation
radical	soft	nasal	h-prothesis
anweddu	unchanged	unchanged	hanweddu
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References

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