boddi

Welsh

Etymology

From Proto-Celtic *bādīti. Cognate with Cornish beudhi, Breton beuziñ, Irish báigh, and perhaps with Ancient Greek βᾰθῠ́ς (băthŭ́s, “deep”).

Pronunciation

• (North Wales) IPA^(key): /ˈbɔði/
• (South Wales) IPA^(key): /ˈboːði/, /ˈbɔði/

Verb

boddi (first-person singular present boddaf)

1. to drown
2. to submerge, to flood

Conjugation

Conjugation (literary)

	singular			plural			impersonal
	first	second	third	first	second	third
present indicative/future	boddaf	boddi	bawdd, bodda	boddwn	boddwch	boddant	boddir
imperfect (indicative/subjunctive)/ conditional	boddwn	boddit	boddai	boddem	boddech	boddent	boddid
preterite	boddais	boddaist	boddodd	boddasom	boddasoch	boddasant	boddwyd
pluperfect	boddaswn	boddasit	boddasai	boddasem	boddasech	boddasent	boddasid, boddesid
present subjunctive	boddwyf	boddych	boddo	boddom	boddoch	boddont	bodder
imperative	—	bodda	bodded	boddwn	boddwch	boddent	bodder
verbal noun	boddi
verbal adjectives	boddedig boddadwy

Conjugation (colloquial)

inflected colloquial forms	singular			plural
	first	second	third	first	second	third
future	bodda i, boddaf i	boddi di	boddith o/e/hi, boddiff e/hi	boddwn ni	boddwch chi	boddan nhw
conditional	boddwn i, boddswn i	boddet ti, boddset ti	boddai fo/fe/hi, boddsai fo/fe/hi	bodden ni, boddsen ni	boddech chi, boddsech chi	bodden nhw, boddsen nhw
preterite	boddais i, boddes i	boddaist ti, boddest ti	boddodd o/e/hi	boddon ni	boddoch chi	boddon nhw
imperative	—	bodda	—	—	boddwch	—

Note: All other forms are periphrastic, as usual in colloquial Welsh.

Mutation

Mutated forms of boddi

radical	soft	nasal	aspirate
boddi	foddi	moddi	unchanged

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