ddaru

Welsh edit

Etymology edit

From Literary Welsh darfu (i) (“it happened (to)”), third-person singular preterite of darfod (“to happen”).

Pronunciation edit

(North Wales) IPA^(key): /ˈðarɨ̞/
(South Wales) IPA^(key): /ˈða(ː)ri/
Rhymes: -arɨ

Verb edit

ddaru (defective; invariable)

(North Wales, colloquial) Auxiliary verb used to form a periphrastic preterite.
- 22/29 December 1989, Y Faner, p. 18^[1]:
  Ddaru chi ganu?
  Did you sing?
- 1991, Angharad Tomos, Si Hei Lwli, Talybont: Gwasg y Lolfa, p. 58^[1]:
  Chwerthin a chwerthin ddaru ni.
  We laughed and laughed.

Usage notes edit

Exceptionally this verb form may use the unmutated first-person singular pronoun mi instead of the usual i; this is a relic of the original literary construction which would use i mi (“to me”).

References edit

↑ ^1.0 ^1.1 Thorne, David A. (1993) A Comprehensive Welsh Grammar (Reference Grammars), Oxford and Cambridge, MA: Blackwell, →ISBN, § 290, page 274

[Thorne274-1] 1.0 ^1.1 Thorne, David A. (1993) A Comprehensive Welsh Grammar (Reference Grammars), Oxford and Cambridge, MA: Blackwell, →ISBN, § 290, page 274

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