tueddu

Welsh

Etymology

From tuedd (“inclination, bent, tendency”) +‎ -u.

Verb

tueddu (first-person singular present tueddaf)

1. to tend (towards), to be inclined

Conjugation

Conjugation (literary)

	singular			plural			impersonal
	first	second	third	first	second	third
present indicative/future	tueddaf	tueddi	tuedda	tueddwn	tueddwch	tueddant	tueddir
imperfect (indicative/subjunctive)/ conditional	tueddwn	tueddit	tueddai	tueddem	tueddech	tueddent	tueddid
preterite	tueddais	tueddaist	tueddodd	tueddasom	tueddasoch	tueddasant	tueddwyd
pluperfect	tueddaswn	tueddasit	tueddasai	tueddasem	tueddasech	tueddasent	tueddasid, tueddesid
present subjunctive	tueddwyf	tueddych	tueddo	tueddom	tueddoch	tueddont	tuedder
imperative	—	tuedda	tuedded	tueddwn	tueddwch	tueddent	tuedder
verbal noun	tueddu
verbal adjectives	tueddedig tueddadwy

Conjugation (colloquial)

Inflected colloquial forms	singular			plural
	first	second	third	first	second	third
future	tuedda i, tueddaf i	tueddi di	tueddith o/e/hi, tueddiff e/hi	tueddwn ni	tueddwch chi	tueddan nhw
conditional	tueddwn i, tueddswn i	tueddet ti, tueddset ti	tueddai fo/fe/hi, tueddsai fo/fe/hi	tuedden ni, tueddsen ni	tueddech chi, tueddsech chi	tuedden nhw, tueddsen nhw
preterite	tueddais i, tueddes i	tueddaist ti, tueddest ti	tueddodd o/e/hi	tueddon ni	tueddoch chi	tueddon nhw
imperative	—	tuedda	—	—	tueddwch	—
Note: All other forms are periphrastic, as usual in colloquial Welsh.

Mutation

Welsh mutation
radical	soft	nasal	aspirate
tueddu	dueddu	nhueddu	thueddu
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

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