hedfan

Welsh

Alternative forms

• ehedfan

Etymology

From the stem hed- of hedeg (“to fly”) with the suffix -fan (from Proto-Celtic *-man) forming a verbnoun. Ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *pet-. Cognate with Latin petō (“to beg; to aim at”), Ancient Greek πέτομαι (pétomai, “to fly”) and Welsh adar (“bird”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈhɛdvan/

Verb

hedfan (first-person singular present hedfanaf, not mutable)

1. (intransitive) to fly (travel through the air), to soar
2. (transitive) to fly (to cause to fly)
3. (intransitive) to fly (travel very fast)

Conjugation

Conjugation (literary)

	singular			plural			impersonal
	first	second	third	first	second	third
present indicative/future	hedfanaf	hedfani	hedfan, hedfana	hedfanwn	hedfanwch	hedfanant	hedfanir
imperfect (indicative/subjunctive)/ conditional	hedfanwn	hedfanit	hedfanai	hedfanem	hedfanech	hedfanent	hedfanid
preterite	hedfanais	hedfanaist	hedfanodd	hedfanasom	hedfanasoch	hedfanasant	hedfanwyd
pluperfect	hedfanaswn	hedfanasit	hedfanasai	hedfanasem	hedfanasech	hedfanasent	hedfanasid, hedfanesid
present subjunctive	hedfanwyf	hedfanych	hedfano	hedfanom	hedfanoch	hedfanont	hedfaner
imperative	—	hedfan, hedfana	hedfaned	hedfanwn	hedfanwch	hedfanent	hedfaner
verbal noun	hedfan
verbal adjectives	hedfanedig hedfanadwy

Conjugation (colloquial)

inflected colloquial forms	singular			plural
	first	second	third	first	second	third
future	hedfana i, hedfanaf i	hedfani di	hedfanith o/e/hi, hedfaniff e/hi	hedfanwn ni	hedfanwch chi	hedfanan nhw
conditional	hedfanwn i, hedfanswn i	hedfanet ti, hedfanset ti	hedfanai fo/fe/hi, hedfansai fo/fe/hi	hedfanen ni, hedfansen ni	hedfanech chi, hedfansech chi	hedfanen nhw, hedfansen nhw
preterite	hedfanais i, hedfanes i	hedfanaist ti, hedfanest ti	hedfanodd o/e/hi	hedfanon ni	hedfanoch chi	hedfanon nhw
imperative	—	hedfana	—	—	hedfanwch	—

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

Related terms

• hediad (“flight”)