etifeddu

Welsh

Etymology

etifedd (“heir, inheritor”) +‎ -u

Pronunciation

• (North Wales) IPA^(key): /ˌɛtɪˈvɛðɨ/
• (South Wales) IPA^(key): /ˌɛtɪˈveːði/, /ˌɛtɪˈvɛði/

Verb

etifeddu (first-person singular present etifeddaf)

1. to inherit

Inflection

Conjugation (literary)

	singular			plural			impersonal
	first	second	third	first	second	third
present indicative/future	etifeddaf	etifeddi	etifedda	etifeddwn	etifeddwch	etifeddant	etifeddir
imperfect (indicative/subjunctive)/ conditional	etifeddwn	etifeddit	etifeddai	etifeddem	etifeddech	etifeddent	etifeddid
preterite	etifeddais	etifeddaist	etifeddodd	etifeddasom	etifeddasoch	etifeddasant	etifeddwyd
pluperfect	etifeddaswn	etifeddasit	etifeddasai	etifeddasem	etifeddasech	etifeddasent	etifeddasid, etifeddesid
present subjunctive	etifeddwyf	etifeddych	etifeddo	etifeddom	etifeddoch	etifeddont	etifedder
imperative	—	etifedda	etifedded	etifeddwn	etifeddwch	etifeddent	etifedder
verbal noun	etifeddu
verbal adjectives	etifeddedig etifeddadwy

Conjugation (colloquial)

inflected colloquial forms	singular			plural
	first	second	third	first	second	third
future	etifedda i, etifeddaf i	etifeddi di	etifeddith o/e/hi, etifeddiff e/hi	etifeddwn ni	etifeddwch chi	etifeddan nhw
conditional	etifeddwn i, etifeddswn i	etifeddet ti, etifeddset ti	etifeddai fo/fe/hi, etifeddsai fo/fe/hi	etifedden ni, etifeddsen ni	etifeddech chi, etifeddsech chi	etifedden nhw, etifeddsen nhw
preterite	etifeddais i, etifeddes i	etifeddaist ti, etifeddest ti	etifeddodd o/e/hi	etifeddon ni	etifeddoch chi	etifeddon nhw
imperative	—	etifedda	—	—	etifeddwch	—

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

Derived terms

• etifeddol (“hereditary”)

Mutation

Mutated forms of etifeddu

radical	soft	nasal	h-prothesis
etifeddu	unchanged	unchanged	hetifeddu

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