cloddio

Welsh

Etymology

clawdd +‎ -io

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈklɔðjɔ/
• Rhymes: -ɔðjɔ

Verb

cloddio (first-person singular present cloddiaf)

1. (ambitransitive) to dig, delve, excavate
2. (ambitransitive) to build (a wall), to embank

Conjugation

Conjugation (literary)

	singular			plural			impersonal
	first	second	third	first	second	third
present indicative/future	cloddiaf	cloddii	cloddia	cloddiwn	cloddiwch	cloddiant	cloddiir
imperfect (indicative/subjunctive)/ conditional	cloddiwn	cloddiit	cloddiai	cloddiem	cloddiech	cloddient	cloddiid
preterite	cloddiais	cloddiaist	cloddiodd	cloddiasom	cloddiasoch	cloddiasant	cloddiwyd
pluperfect	cloddiaswn	cloddiasit	cloddiasai	cloddiasem	cloddiasech	cloddiasent	cloddiasid, cloddiesid
present subjunctive	cloddiwyf	cloddiych	cloddio	cloddiom	cloddioch	cloddiont	cloddier
imperative	—	cloddia	cloddied	cloddiwn	cloddiwch	cloddient	cloddier
verbal noun	cloddio
verbal adjectives	cloddiedig cloddiadwy

Conjugation (colloquial)

inflected colloquial forms	singular			plural
	first	second	third	first	second	third
future	cloddia i, cloddiaf i	cloddi di	cloddith o/e/hi, cloddiff e/hi	cloddiwn ni	cloddiwch chi	cloddian nhw
conditional	cloddiwn i, cloddswn i	cloddiet ti, cloddset ti	cloddiai fo/fe/hi, cloddsai fo/fe/hi	cloddien ni, cloddsen ni	cloddiech chi, cloddsech chi	cloddien nhw, cloddsen nhw
preterite	cloddiais i, cloddies i	cloddiaist ti, cloddiest ti	cloddiodd o/e/hi	cloddion ni	cloddioch chi	cloddion nhw
imperative	—	cloddia	—	—	cloddiwch	—

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

Derived terms

• cloddfa f (“mine”)
• cloddiad m (“excavation”)
• cloddiog (“trenched, embanked”, adjective)
• cloddiwr m (“ditchdigger”)
• mwyngloddio (“mine”, verb)

Mutation

Mutated forms of cloddio

radical	soft	nasal	aspirate
cloddio	gloddio	nghloddio	chloddio

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