oedi

Welsh

Etymology

oed (“time; age; delay”) +‎ -i.

Pronunciation

• (North Wales) IPA^(key): /ˈɔɨ̯di/
• (South Wales) IPA^(key): /ˈɔi̯di/

Verb

oedi (first-person singular present oedaf)

1. to delay

   Synonym: gohirio

Conjugation

Conjugation (literary)

	singular			plural			impersonal
	first	second	third	first	second	third
present indicative/future	oedaf	oedi	oeda	oedwn	oedwch	oedant	oedir
imperfect (indicative/subjunctive)/ conditional	oedwn	oedit	oedai	oedem	oedech	oedent	oedid
preterite	oedais	oedaist	oedodd	oedasom	oedasoch	oedasant	oedwyd
pluperfect	oedaswn	oedasit	oedasai	oedasem	oedasech	oedasent	oedasid, oedesid
present subjunctive	oedwyf	oedych	oedo	oedom	oedoch	oedont	oeder
imperative	—	oeda	oeded	oedwn	oedwch	oedent	oeder
verbal noun	oedi
verbal adjectives	oededig oedadwy

Conjugation (colloquial)

Inflected colloquial forms	singular			plural
	first	second	third	first	second	third
future	oeda i, oedaf i	oedi di	oedith o/e/hi, oediff e/hi	oedwn ni	oedwch chi	oedan nhw
conditional	oedwn i, oedswn i	oedet ti, oedset ti	oedai fo/fe/hi, oedsai fo/fe/hi	oeden ni, oedsen ni	oedech chi, oedsech chi	oeden nhw, oedsen nhw
preterite	oedais i, oedes i	oedaist ti, oedest ti	oedodd o/e/hi	oedon ni	oedoch chi	oedon nhw
imperative	—	oeda	—	—	oedwch	—
Note: All other forms are periphrastic, as usual in colloquial Welsh.

Derived terms

• oediad (“delay”)
• heb oedi (“without delay, at once”)

Mutation

Mutated forms of oedi

radical	soft	nasal	h-prothesis
oedi	unchanged	unchanged	hoedi

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Welsh.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

Further reading

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