etifeddu
Welsh
[edit]Etymology
[edit]etifedd (“heir, inheritor”) + -u
Pronunciation
[edit]- (North Wales) IPA(key): /ˌɛtɪˈvɛðɨ/
- (South Wales) IPA(key): /ˌɛtɪˈveːði/, /ˌɛtɪˈvɛði/
Verb
[edit]etifeddu (first-person singular present etifeddaf)
- to inherit
Inflection
[edit]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
[edit]- etifeddol (“hereditary”)
Mutation
[edit]| 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
[edit]- 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