gwaedu

Welsh

Etymology

From gwaed (“blood”) +‎ -u.

Pronunciation

• (North Wales) IPA^(key): /ˈɡweɨ̯dɨ/
• (South Wales, standard, colloquial) IPA^(key): /ˈɡwei̯di/
  • (South Wales, colloquial) IPA^(key): /ˈɡwiːdi/

Verb

gwaedu (first-person singular present gwaedaf)

1. to bleed

Conjugation

Conjugation (literary)

	singular			plural			impersonal
	first	second	third	first	second	third
present indicative/future	gwaedaf	gwaedi	gwaeda	gwaedwn	gwaedwch	gwaedant	gwaedir
imperfect (indicative/subjunctive)/ conditional	gwaedwn	gwaedit	gwaedai	gwaedem	gwaedech	gwaedent	gwaedid
preterite	gwaedais	gwaedaist	gwaedodd	gwaedasom	gwaedasoch	gwaedasant	gwaedwyd
pluperfect	gwaedaswn	gwaedasit	gwaedasai	gwaedasem	gwaedasech	gwaedasent	gwaedasid, gwaedesid
present subjunctive	gwaedwyf	gwaedych	gwaedo	gwaedom	gwaedoch	gwaedont	gwaeder
imperative	—	gwaeda	gwaeded	gwaedwn	gwaedwch	gwaedent	gwaeder
verbal noun	gwaedu
verbal adjectives	gwaededig gwaedadwy

Conjugation (colloquial)

Inflected colloquial forms	singular			plural
	first	second	third	first	second	third
future	gwaeda i, gwaedaf i	gwaedi di	gwaedith o/e/hi, gwaediff e/hi	gwaedwn ni	gwaedwch chi	gwaedan nhw
conditional	gwaedwn i, gwaedswn i	gwaedet ti, gwaedset ti	gwaedai fo/fe/hi, gwaedsai fo/fe/hi	gwaeden ni, gwaedsen ni	gwaedech chi, gwaedsech chi	gwaeden nhw, gwaedsen nhw
preterite	gwaedais i, gwaedes i	gwaedaist ti, gwaedest ti	gwaedodd o/e/hi	gwaedon ni	gwaedoch chi	gwaedon nhw
imperative	—	gwaeda	—	—	gwaedwch	—
Note: All other forms are periphrastic, as usual in colloquial Welsh.

Mutation

Welsh mutation
radical	soft	nasal	aspirate
gwaedu	waedu	ngwaedu	unchanged
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

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