trafod

Welsh

Etymology

tra- (“beyond, very”) +‎ bod (“to be”). Alternatively, from traf- (“alternative form of tra”) +‎ odi (“to throw, hurl”).

Pronunciation

• (North Wales) IPA^(key): /ˈtravɔd/
• (South Wales) IPA^(key): /ˈtraːvɔd/, /ˈtravɔd/

Verb

trafod (first-person singular present trafodaf)

1. to discuss
2. to negotiate

Conjugation

Conjugation (literary)

	singular			plural			impersonal
	first	second	third	first	second	third
present indicative/future	trafodaf	trafodi	trafoda	trafodwn	trafodwch	trafodant	trafodir
imperfect (indicative/subjunctive)/ conditional	trafodwn	trafodit	trafodai	trafodem	trafodech	trafodent	trafodid
preterite	trafodais	trafodaist	trafododd	trafodasom	trafodasoch	trafodasant	trafodwyd
pluperfect	trafodaswn	trafodasit	trafodasai	trafodasem	trafodasech	trafodasent	trafodasid, trafodesid
present subjunctive	trafodwyf	trafodych	trafodo	trafodom	trafodoch	trafodont	trafoder
imperative	—	trafoda	trafoded	trafodwn	trafodwch	trafodent	trafoder
verbal noun	trafod
verbal adjectives	trafodedig trafodadwy

Conjugation (colloquial)

Inflected colloquial forms	singular			plural
	first	second	third	first	second	third
future	trafoda i, trafodaf i	trafodi di	trafodith o/e/hi, trafodiff e/hi	trafodwn ni	trafodwch chi	trafodan nhw
conditional	trafodwn i, trafodswn i	trafodet ti, trafodset ti	trafodai fo/fe/hi, trafodsai fo/fe/hi	trafoden ni, trafodsen ni	trafodech chi, trafodsech chi	trafoden nhw, trafodsen nhw
preterite	trafodais i, trafodes i	trafodaist ti, trafodest ti	trafododd o/e/hi	trafodon ni	trafodoch chi	trafodon nhw
imperative	—	trafoda	—	—	trafodwch	—
Note: All other forms are periphrastic, as usual in colloquial Welsh.

Derived terms

• trafodaeth (“discussion, negotiation; symposium, colloquy”)

Noun

trafod m or f (plural trafodion or trafodau)

1. labor, pains, trouble, commotion, battle
2. movement
3. action, behavior
4. a handling
5. discussion, negotiation
6. commerce, trade, business
   1. (in the plural) (business) transactions
7. (in the plural) transactions (of learned society, etc.)

Derived terms

• pwnc trafod (“subject of discussion”)

Mutation

Welsh mutation
radical	soft	nasal	aspirate
trafod	drafod	nhrafod	thrafod
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.