boddi
Appearance
Welsh
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Proto-Celtic *bādīti. Cognate with Cornish beudhi, Breton beuziñ, Irish báigh, and perhaps with Ancient Greek βᾰθῠ́ς (bathús, “deep”).
Pronunciation
[edit]- (North Wales) IPA(key): /ˈbɔði/
- (South Wales) IPA(key): /ˈboːði/, /ˈbɔði/
Verb
[edit]boddi (first-person singular present boddaf)
Conjugation
[edit]Conjugation (literary)
singular | plural | impersonal | ||||||
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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 | ||||
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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
[edit]radical | soft | nasal | aspirate |
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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
[edit]- 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