nadu

See also: nađu and náðu

Estonian

Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *nato.

Noun

nadu (genitive nao, partitive nadu)

1. husband's sister (sister-in-law)

Declension

Declension of nadu (ÕS type 18/nägu, d-ø gradation)
		singular	plural
nominative		nadu	naod
accusative	nom.
	gen.	nao
genitive			nadude
partitive		nadu	nadusid
illative		nattu naosse	nadudesse
inessive		naos	nadudes
elative		naost	nadudest
allative		naole	nadudele
adessive		naol	nadudel
ablative		naolt	nadudelt
translative		naoks	nadudeks
terminative		naoni	nadudeni
essive		naona	nadudena
abessive		naota	nadudeta
comitative		naoga	nadudega

Further reading

• “nadu”, in [EKSS] Eesti keele seletav sõnaraamat [Descriptive Dictionary of the Estonian Language] (in Estonian) (online version), Tallinn: Eesti Keele Sihtasutus (Estonian Language Foundation), 2009

Serbo-Croatian

Noun

nadu (Cyrillic spelling наду)

1. accusative singular of nada

Welsh

Etymology

nâd +‎ -u

Verb

nadu (first-person singular present nadaf, not mutable)

1. (intransitive) to cry, to wail, to lament
2. (intransitive) to howl, to bray, to roar

Conjugation

Conjugation (literary)

	singular			plural			impersonal
	first	second	third	first	second	third
present indicative/future	nadaf	nedi	nâd, nada	nadwn	nedwch, nadwch	nadant	nedir
imperfect (indicative/subjunctive)/ conditional	nadwn	nadit	nadai	nadem	nadech	nadent	nedid
preterite	nedais	nedaist	nadodd	nadasom	nadasoch	nadasant	nadwyd
pluperfect	nadaswn	nadasit	nadasai	nadasem	nadasech	nadasent	nadasid, nadesid
present subjunctive	nadwyf	nedych	nado	nadom	nadoch	nadont	nader
imperative	—	nâd, nada	naded	nadwn	nedwch, nadwch	nadent	nader
verbal noun	nadu
verbal adjectives	nadedig nadadwy

Conjugation (colloquial)

inflected colloquial forms	singular			plural
	first	second	third	first	second	third
future	nada i, nadaf i	nadi di	nadith o/e/hi, nadiff e/hi	nadwn ni	nadwch chi	nadan nhw
conditional	nadwn i, nadswn i	nadet ti, nadset ti	nadai fo/fe/hi, nadsai fo/fe/hi	naden ni, nadsen ni	nadech chi, nadsech chi	naden nhw, nadsen nhw
preterite	nadais i, nades i	nadaist ti, nadest ti	nadodd o/e/hi	nadon ni	nadoch chi	nadon nhw
imperative	—	nada	—	—	nadwch	—

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

 

Further reading

• R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke et al., editors (1950–present), “nadu”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies