claddu

Welsh

Etymology

From Proto-Brythonic *klėðɨd, from Proto-Celtic *kladeti.

Pronunciation

• (North Wales) IPA^(key): /ˈklaðɨ̞/
• (South Wales) IPA^(key): /ˈklaːði/, /ˈklaði/

Verb

claddu (first-person singular present claddaf)

1. to bury, inter

Conjugation

Conjugation (literary)

	singular			plural			impersonal
	first	second	third	first	second	third
present indicative/future	claddaf	cleddi	cladd	claddwn	cleddwch, claddwch	claddant	cleddir
imperfect (indicative/subjunctive)/ conditional	claddwn	claddit	claddai	claddem	claddech	claddent	cleddid
preterite	cleddais	cleddaist	claddodd	claddasom	claddasoch	claddasant	claddwyd
pluperfect	claddaswn	claddasit	claddasai	claddasem	claddasech	claddasent	claddasid, claddesid
present subjunctive	claddwyf	cleddych	claddo	claddom	claddoch	claddont	cladder
imperative	—	cladda	cladded	claddwn	cleddwch, claddwch	claddent	cladder
verbal noun	claddu
verbal adjectives	claddedig claddadwy

Conjugation (colloquial)

Inflected colloquial forms	singular			plural
	first	second	third	first	second	third
future	cladda i, claddaf i	claddi di	claddith o/e/hi, claddiff e/hi	claddwn ni	claddwch chi	claddan nhw
conditional	claddwn i, claddswn i	claddet ti, claddset ti	claddai fo/fe/hi, claddsai fo/fe/hi	cladden ni, claddsen ni	claddech chi, claddsech chi	cladden nhw, claddsen nhw
preterite	claddais i, claddes i	claddaist ti, claddest ti	claddodd o/e/hi	claddon ni	claddoch chi	claddon nhw
imperative	—	cladda	—	—	claddwch	—
Note: All other forms are periphrastic, as usual in colloquial Welsh.

Derived terms

• claddgell
• claddfa
• claddiad

Mutation

Welsh mutation
radical	soft	nasal	aspirate
claddu	gladdu	nghladdu	chladdu
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.