gwaredu

Welsh

Alternative forms

• gwared

Etymology

From gwared +‎ -u. From Middle Welsh gwaret, from Proto-Celtic *uɸoreteti (“to help”) (compare Old Irish fo·reith), a calque of Latin succurrō.

Pronunciation

• (North Wales) IPA^(key): /ɡwaˈrɛdɨ/
• (South Wales) IPA^(key): /ɡwaˈreːdi/, /ɡwaˈrɛdi/

Verb

gwaredu (first-person singular present gwaredaf)

1. to rescue, to redeem, to ransom
2. to discard, to dispose

Conjugation

Conjugation (literary)

	singular			plural			impersonal
	first	second	third	first	second	third
present indicative/future	gwaredaf	gwaredi	gweryd, gwareda	gwaredwn	gwaredwch	gwaredant	gwaredir
imperfect (indicative/subjunctive)/ conditional	gwaredwn	gwaredit	gwaredai	gwaredem	gwaredech	gwaredent	gwaredid
preterite	gwaredais	gwaredaist	gwaredodd	gwaredasom	gwaredasoch	gwaredasant	gwaredwyd
pluperfect	gwaredaswn	gwaredasit	gwaredasai	gwaredasem	gwaredasech	gwaredasent	gwaredasid, gwaredesid
present subjunctive	gwaredwyf	gwaredych	gwaredo	gwaredom	gwaredoch	gwaredont	gwareder
imperative	—	gwareda, gwareda	gwareded	gwaredwn	gwaredwch	gwaredent	gwareder
verbal noun	gwaredu
verbal adjectives	gwarededig gwaredadwy

Conjugation (colloquial)

Inflected colloquial forms	singular			plural
	first	second	third	first	second	third
future	gwareda i, gwaredaf i	gwaredi di	gwaredith o/e/hi, gwarediff e/hi	gwaredwn ni	gwaredwch chi	gwaredan nhw
conditional	gwaredwn i, gwaredswn i	gwaredet ti, gwaredset ti	gwaredai fo/fe/hi, gwaredsai fo/fe/hi	gwareden ni, gwaredsen ni	gwaredech chi, gwaredsech chi	gwareden nhw, gwaredsen nhw
preterite	gwaredais i, gwaredes i	gwaredaist ti, gwaredest ti	gwaredodd o/e/hi	gwaredon ni	gwaredoch chi	gwaredon nhw
imperative	—	gwareda	—	—	gwaredwch	—
Note: All other forms are periphrastic, as usual in colloquial Welsh.

Derived terms

• gwarediad (“redemption, deliverance”)
• gwaredol (“redeeming, saving”)
• gwaredwr (“redeemer, saviour”)

Mutation

Welsh mutation
radical	soft	nasal	aspirate
gwaredu	waredu	ngwaredu	unchanged
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.