bradu

Czech

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈbradu]

Noun

bradu f

1. accusative singular of brada

Latvian

Noun

bradu m

1. (dialectal) accusative singular of brads
2. (dialectal) instrumental singular of brads
3. (dialectal) genitive plural of brads

Serbo-Croatian

Noun

bradu (Cyrillic spelling браду)

1. accusative singular of brada

Welsh

Pronunciation

• (North Wales) IPA^(key): /ˈbradɨ̞/
• (South Wales) IPA^(key): /ˈbra(ː)di/

Etymology 1

Back-formation from afradu (“to wate, to squander”) via aphesis.

Verb

bradu (first-person singular present bradaf)

1. to waste, to squander

   Synonyms: afradloni, afradu, gwastraffu

Etymology 2

brad (“treachery”) +‎ -u.

Verb

bradu (first-person singular present bradaf)

1. (ambitransitive, obsolete) commit treachery; betray

   Synonym: bradychu

Derived terms

• bradwr m (“traitor”)

Conjugation

Conjugation (literary)

	singular			plural			impersonal
	first	second	third	first	second	third
present indicative/future	bradaf	bredi	brada	bradwn	bredwch, bradwch	bradant	bredir
imperfect (indicative/subjunctive)/ conditional	bradwn	bradit	bradai	bradem	bradech	bradent	bredid
preterite	bredais	bredaist	bradodd	bradasom	bradasoch	bradasant	bradwyd
pluperfect	bradaswn	bradasit	bradasai	bradasem	bradasech	bradasent	bradasid, bradesid
present subjunctive	bradwyf	bredych	brado	bradom	bradoch	bradont	brader
imperative	—	brada	braded	bradwn	bredwch, bradwch	bradent	brader
verbal noun	bradu
verbal adjectives	bradedig bradadwy

Conjugation (colloquial)

inflected colloquial forms	singular			plural
	first	second	third	first	second	third
future	brada i, bradaf i	bradi di	bradith o/e/hi, bradiff e/hi	bradwn ni	bradwch chi	bradan nhw
conditional	bradwn i, bradswn i	bradet ti, bradset ti	bradai fo/fe/hi, bradsai fo/fe/hi	braden ni, bradsen ni	bradech chi, bradsech chi	braden nhw, bradsen nhw
preterite	bradais i, brades i	bradaist ti, bradest ti	bradodd o/e/hi	bradon ni	bradoch chi	bradon nhw
imperative	—	brada	—	—	bradwch	—

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

Mutation

Mutated forms of bradu

radical	soft	nasal	aspirate
bradu	fradu	mradu	unchanged

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

References

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