adlamu

Welsh

Etymology

From ad- +‎ llamu (“to leap, to jump”). See llam.

Pronunciation

• (North Wales) IPA^(key): /adˈlamɨ̞/
• (South Wales) IPA^(key): /adˈlami/

Verb

adlamu (first-person singular present adlamaf)

1. to rebound, to recoil, to ricochet

Conjugation

Conjugation (literary)

	singular			plural			impersonal
	first	second	third	first	second	third
present indicative/future	adlamaf	adlemi	adlama	adlamwn	adlemwch, adlamwch	adlamant	adlemir
imperfect (indicative/subjunctive)/ conditional	adlamwn	adlamit	adlamai	adlamem	adlamech	adlament	adlemid
preterite	adlemais	adlemaist	adlamodd	adlamasom	adlamasoch	adlamasant	adlamwyd
pluperfect	adlamaswn	adlamasit	adlamasai	adlamasem	adlamasech	adlamasent	adlamasid, adlamesid
present subjunctive	adlamwyf	adlemych	adlamo	adlamom	adlamoch	adlamont	adlamer
imperative	—	adlama	adlamed	adlamwn	adlemwch, adlamwch	adlament	adlamer
verbal noun	adlamu
verbal adjectives	adlamedig adlamadwy

Conjugation (colloquial)

Inflected colloquial forms	singular			plural
	first	second	third	first	second	third
future	adlama i, adlamaf i	adlami di	adlamith o/e/hi, adlamiff e/hi	adlamwn ni	adlamwch chi	adlaman nhw
conditional	adlamwn i, adlamswn i	adlamet ti, adlamset ti	adlamai fo/fe/hi, adlamsai fo/fe/hi	adlamen ni, adlamsen ni	adlamech chi, adlamsech chi	adlamen nhw, adlamsen nhw
preterite	adlamais i, adlames i	adlamaist ti, adlamest ti	adlamodd o/e/hi	adlamon ni	adlamoch chi	adlamon nhw
imperative	—	adlama	—	—	adlamwch	—
Note: All other forms are periphrastic, as usual in colloquial Welsh.

Related terms

• adlam

Mutation

Mutated forms of adlamu

radical	soft	nasal	h-prothesis
adlamu	unchanged	unchanged	hadlamu

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Welsh.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

Further reading

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