mabwysiadu
Welsh
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From mabwysiad (“adoption; sonship”) + -u.
Pronunciation
[edit]- (North Wales) IPA(key): /ˌmabʊɨ̯ˈʃadɨ/
- (South Wales) IPA(key): /ˌmabʊi̯ˈsja(ː)di/, /ˌmabʊi̯ˈʃa(ː)di/
- Rhymes: -adɨ̞
Verb
[edit]mabwysiadu (first-person singular present mabwysiadaf)
- to adopt
Conjugation
[edit]Conjugation (literary)
| singular | plural | impersonal | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| first | second | third | first | second | third | |||
| present indicative/future | mabwysiadaf | mabwysiedi | mabwysiada | mabwysiadwn | mabwysiedwch, mabwysiadwch | mabwysiadant | mabwysiedir | |
| imperfect (indicative/subjunctive)/ conditional |
mabwysiadwn | mabwysiadit | mabwysiadai | mabwysiadem | mabwysiadech | mabwysiadent | mabwysiedid | |
| preterite | mabwysiedais | mabwysiedaist | mabwysiadodd | mabwysiadasom | mabwysiadasoch | mabwysiadasant | mabwysiadwyd | |
| pluperfect | mabwysiadaswn | mabwysiadasit | mabwysiadasai | mabwysiadasem | mabwysiadasech | mabwysiadasent | mabwysiadasid, mabwysiadesid | |
| present subjunctive | mabwysiadwyf | mabwysiedych | mabwysiado | mabwysiadom | mabwysiadoch | mabwysiadont | mabwysiader | |
| imperative | — | mabwysiada | mabwysiaded | mabwysiadwn | mabwysiedwch, mabwysiadwch | mabwysiadent | mabwysiader | |
| verbal noun | mabwysiadu | |||||||
| verbal adjectives | mabwysiadedig mabwysiadadwy | |||||||
Conjugation (colloquial)
| Inflected colloquial forms | singular | plural | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| first | second | third | first | second | third | |
| future | mabwysiada i, mabwysiadaf i | mabwysiadi di | mabwysiadith o/e/hi, mabwysiadiff e/hi | mabwysiadwn ni | mabwysiadwch chi | mabwysiadan nhw |
| conditional | mabwysiadwn i, mabwysiadswn i | mabwysiadet ti, mabwysiadset ti | mabwysiadai fo/fe/hi, mabwysiadsai fo/fe/hi | mabwysiaden ni, mabwysiadsen ni | mabwysiadech chi, mabwysiadsech chi | mabwysiaden nhw, mabwysiadsen nhw |
| preterite | mabwysiadais i, mabwysiades i | mabwysiadaist ti, mabwysiadest ti | mabwysiadodd o/e/hi | mabwysiadon ni | mabwysiadoch chi | mabwysiadon nhw |
| imperative | — | mabwysiada | — | — | mabwysiadwch | — |
| Note: All other forms are periphrastic, as usual in colloquial Welsh. | ||||||
Mutation
[edit]| radical | soft | nasal | aspirate |
|---|---|---|---|
| mabwysiadu | fabwysiadu | unchanged | unchanged |
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), “mabwysiadu”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies