naddu

Welsh

Etymology

From Proto-Brythonic *nėðɨd (“to carve”).

Pronunciation

• (North Wales) IPA^(key): /ˈnaðɨ̞/
• (South Wales) IPA^(key): /ˈna(ː)ði/
• Rhymes: -aðɨ̞

Verb

naddu (first-person singular present naddaf, not mutable)

1. to cut, sharpen

Conjugation

Conjugation (literary)

	singular			plural			impersonal
	first	second	third	first	second	third
present indicative/future	naddaf	neddi	nadda	naddwn	neddwch, naddwch	naddant	neddir
imperfect (indicative/subjunctive)/ conditional	naddwn	naddit	naddai	naddem	naddech	naddent	neddid
preterite	neddais	neddaist	naddodd	naddasom	naddasoch	naddasant	naddwyd
pluperfect	naddaswn	naddasit	naddasai	naddasem	naddasech	naddasent	naddasid, naddesid
present subjunctive	naddwyf	neddych	naddo	naddom	naddoch	naddont	nadder
imperative	—	nadda	nadded	naddwn	neddwch, naddwch	naddent	nadder
verbal noun	naddu
verbal adjectives	naddedig naddadwy

Conjugation (colloquial)

inflected colloquial forms	singular			plural
	first	second	third	first	second	third
future	nadda i, naddaf i	naddi di	naddith o/e/hi, naddiff e/hi	naddwn ni	naddwch chi	naddan nhw
conditional	naddwn i, naddswn i	naddet ti, naddset ti	naddai fo/fe/hi, naddsai fo/fe/hi	nadden ni, naddsen ni	naddech chi, naddsech chi	nadden nhw, naddsen nhw
preterite	naddais i, naddes i	naddaist ti, naddest ti	naddodd o/e/hi	naddon ni	naddoch chi	naddon nhw
imperative	—	nadda	—	—	naddwch	—

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

Related terms

• naddwr (“cutter, sharpener”)

References

• R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke et al., editors (1950–present), “naddu”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies
• Matasović, Ranko (2009) “*snad-o-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 348