arbed

See also: arƀed

English

Verb

arbed

1. simple past and past participle of arb

Anagrams

• Debra, Bader, Aberd, Breda, bared, bread, Debar, beard, ardeb, Beard, debar

Welsh

Etymology

From Proto-Celtic *ɸare-kʷet-; compare Old Irish ar·cessi (“have mercy on”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈarbɛd/

Verb

arbed (first-person singular present arbedaf)

1. to save (help survive, rescue; store for future use)
2. to spare (preserve from danger or punishment)

Conjugation

Conjugation (literary)

	singular			plural			impersonal
	first	second	third	first	second	third
present indicative/future	arbedaf	arbedi	arbed	arbedwn	arbedwch	arbedant	arbedir
imperfect (indicative/subjunctive)/ conditional	arbedwn	arbedit	arbedai	arbedem	arbedech	arbedent	arbedid
preterite	arbedais	arbedaist	arbedodd	arbedasom	arbedasoch	arbedasant	arbedwyd
pluperfect	arbedaswn	arbedasit	arbedasai	arbedasem	arbedasech	arbedasent	arbedasid, arbedesid
present subjunctive	arbedwyf	arbedych	arbedo	arbedom	arbedoch	arbedont	arbeder
imperative	—	arbed	arbeded	arbedwn	arbedwch	arbedent	arbeder
verbal noun	arbed
verbal adjectives	arbededig arbedadwy

• Obsolete third-person singular present indicative/future: erbyd

Conjugation (colloquial)

Inflected colloquial forms	singular			plural
	first	second	third	first	second	third
future	arbeda i, arbedaf i	arbedi di	arbedith o/e/hi, arbediff e/hi	arbedwn ni	arbedwch chi	arbedan nhw
conditional	arbedwn i, arbedswn i	arbedet ti, arbedset ti	arbedai fo/fe/hi, arbedsai fo/fe/hi	arbeden ni, arbedsen ni	arbedech chi, arbedsech chi	arbeden nhw, arbedsen nhw
preterite	arbedais i, arbedes i	arbedaist ti, arbedest ti	arbedodd o/e/hi	arbedon ni	arbedoch chi	arbedon nhw
imperative	—	arbeda	—	—	arbedwch	—
Note: All other forms are periphrastic, as usual in colloquial Welsh.

Mutation

Mutated forms of arbed

radical	soft	nasal	h-prothesis
arbed	unchanged	unchanged	harbed

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), “arbedaf”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies