ufuddhau

Welsh

Alternative forms

• ufyddhau

Etymology

From ufudd (“obedient”) +‎ -hau.

Verb

ufuddhau (first-person singular present ufuddhaf)

1. (transitive) to obey

Conjugation

Conjugation (literary)

	singular			plural			impersonal
	first	second	third	first	second	third
present indicative/future	ufuddhaf	ufuddhi	ufuddha	ufuddhwn	ufuddhwch	ufuddhant	ufuddhir
imperfect (indicative/subjunctive)/ conditional	ufuddhwn	ufuddhit	ufuddhai	ufuddhem	ufuddhech	ufuddhent	ufuddhid
preterite	ufuddhais	ufuddhaist	ufuddhodd	ufuddhasom	ufuddhasoch	ufuddhasant	ufuddhwyd
pluperfect	ufuddhaswn	ufuddhasit	ufuddhasai	ufuddhasem	ufuddhasech	ufuddhasent	ufuddhasid, ufuddhesid
present subjunctive	ufuddhwyf	ufuddhych	ufuddho	ufuddhom	ufuddhoch	ufuddhont	ufuddher
imperative	—	ufuddha	ufuddhed	ufuddhwn	ufuddhwch	ufuddhent	ufuddher
verbal noun	ufuddhau
verbal adjectives	ufuddhedig ufuddhadwy

Conjugation (colloquial)

inflected colloquial forms	singular			plural
	first	second	third	first	second	third
future	ufuddha i, ufuddhaf i	ufuddhi di	ufuddhith o/e/hi, ufuddhiff e/hi	ufuddhwn ni	ufuddhwch chi	ufuddhan nhw
conditional	ufuddhwn i, ufuddhswn i	ufuddhet ti, ufuddhset ti	ufuddhai fo/fe/hi, ufuddhsai fo/fe/hi	ufuddhen ni, ufuddhsen ni	ufuddhech chi, ufuddhsech chi	ufuddhen nhw, ufuddhsen nhw
preterite	ufuddhais i, ufuddhes i	ufuddhaist ti, ufuddhest ti	ufuddhodd o/e/hi	ufuddhon ni	ufuddhoch chi	ufuddhon nhw
imperative	—	ufuddha	—	—	ufuddhwch	—

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

Mutation

Mutated forms of ufuddhau

radical	soft	nasal	h-prothesis
ufuddhau	unchanged	unchanged	hufuddhau

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

Further reading

• D. G. Lewis, N. Lewis, editors (2005–present), “ufuddhau”, in Gweiadur: the Welsh-English Dictionary, Gwerin
• Delyth Prys, J.P.M. Jones, Owain Davies, Gruffudd Prys (2006) Y Termiadur: termau wedi'u safoni; standardised terminology‎^[1] (in Welsh), Cardiff: Awdurdod cymwysterau, cwricwlwm ac asesu Cymru (Qualifications curriculum & assessment authority for Wales), →ISBN
• R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke et al., editors (1950–present), “ufuddhau”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies