camweinyddu

Welsh

Etymology

From cam- (“mis-”) +‎ gweinyddu (“to serve, to minister”).

Pronunciation

• (North Wales) IPA^(key): /kamwei̯ˈnəðɨ̞/
• (South Wales) IPA^(key): /kamwei̯ˈnəði/

Verb

camweinyddu (first-person singular present camweinyddaf)

1. to maladminister, to misadminister

   Antonym: adweinyddu

Conjugation

Conjugation (literary)

	singular			plural			impersonal
	first	second	third	first	second	third
present indicative/future	camweinyddaf	camweinyddi	camweinydda	camweinyddwn	camweinyddwch	camweinyddant	camweinyddir
imperfect (indicative/subjunctive)/ conditional	camweinyddwn	camweinyddit	camweinyddai	camweinyddem	camweinyddech	camweinyddent	camweinyddid
preterite	camweinyddais	camweinyddaist	camweinyddodd	camweinyddasom	camweinyddasoch	camweinyddasant	camweinyddwyd
pluperfect	camweinyddaswn	camweinyddasit	camweinyddasai	camweinyddasem	camweinyddasech	camweinyddasent	camweinyddasid, camweinyddesid
present subjunctive	camweinyddwyf	camweinyddych	camweinyddo	camweinyddom	camweinyddoch	camweinyddont	camweinydder
imperative	—	camweinydda	camweinydded	camweinyddwn	camweinyddwch	camweinyddent	camweinydder
verbal noun	camweinyddu
verbal adjectives	camweinyddedig camweinyddadwy

Conjugation (colloquial)

inflected colloquial forms	singular			plural
	first	second	third	first	second	third
future	camweinydda i, camweinyddaf i	camweinyddi di	camweinyddith o/e/hi, camweinyddiff e/hi	camweinyddwn ni	camweinyddwch chi	camweinyddan nhw
conditional	camweinyddwn i, camweinyddswn i	camweinyddet ti, camweinyddset ti	camweinyddai fo/fe/hi, camweinyddsai fo/fe/hi	camweinydden ni, camweinyddsen ni	camweinyddech chi, camweinyddsech chi	camweinydden nhw, camweinyddsen nhw
preterite	camweinyddais i, camweinyddes i	camweinyddaist ti, camweinyddest ti	camweinyddodd o/e/hi	camweinyddon ni	camweinyddoch chi	camweinyddon nhw
imperative	—	camweinydda	—	—	camweinyddwch	—

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

Noun

camweinyddu m (uncountable)

1. maladministration, misadministration
   • 2002 March 19, The Local Government (Best Value Performance Indicators) (Wales) Order 2002:

     Nifer y cwynion i Ombudsmon a ddosbarthwyd fel camweinyddu.

     The number of complaints to an Ombudsman classified as maladministration.

   • 1878 September 20, “Llanbrynmair ac Achos yr Ysgol”, in Y Celt‎^[1]:

     O bosibl na bydd i'r camwri, y camliwio, y camesbonio, y camweinyddu, a'r camweith- redu, y bydd hyn, meddwn, yn wrthfachau yn nghydwybodau rhai pan ar eu gwely angeu [sic]…

     It is possible that the injustice, the misrepresentation, the misinterpretation, the maladministration, and the malpractice, that this, I say, will be adversaries in the consciences of some when on their deathbed…

Mutation

Mutated forms of camweinyddu

radical	soft	nasal	aspirate
camweinyddu	gamweinyddu	nghamweinyddu	chamweinyddu

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

References

• Griffiths, Bruce, Glyn Jones, Dafydd (1995) Geiriadur yr Academi: The Welsh Academy English–Welsh Dictionary‎^[2], Cardiff: University of Wales Press, →ISBN