nabod
Welsh edit
Etymology edit
Pronunciation edit
- (North Wales) IPA(key): /ˈnabɔd/
- (South Wales) IPA(key): /ˈnaːbɔd/, /ˈnabɔd/
- Rhymes: -abɔd
Verb edit
nabod (first-person singular present nabyddaf, not mutable)
- (colloquial) to know (be acquainted or familiar with).
Usage notes edit
Only used of people and places, never facts. ‘To know’ a fact is gwybod.
Conjugation edit
Conjugation (colloquial)
| Inflected colloquial forms | singular | plural | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| first | second | third | first | second | third | |
| future | nabydda i, nabyddaf i | nabyddi di | nabyddith o/e/hi, nabyddiff e/hi | nabyddwn ni | nabyddwch chi | nabyddan nhw |
| conditional | nabyddwn i | nabyddet ti | nabyddai fo/fe/hi | nabydden ni | nabyddech chi | nabydden nhw |
| Note: All other forms are periphrastic, as usual in colloquial Welsh. | ||||||
References edit
- R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke et al., editors (1950–present), “nabod”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies