adrodd

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Welsh

Alternative forms

Etymology

From ad- + Proto-Celtic *rādīti (compare Old Irish ráidid), from Proto-Indo-European *HreHdʰ- (to perform successfully) (compare Sanskrit राध्नोति (rādhnoti), राध्यति (rādhyati, to perform successfully), Old Church Slavonic радити (raditi, to take care of, work), Gothic 𐍂𐍉𐌳𐌾𐌰𐌽 (rōdjan, to talk), Lithuanian rodýti (to show).

Pronunciation

Verb

adrodd (first-person singular present adroddaf)

  1. to tell, narrate, relate (tell in a descriptive manner)
  2. to recite (repeat aloud some passage)

Conjugation

Derived terms

  • adroddiad (report, account, recitation)

Mutation

Welsh mutation
radical soft nasal h-prothesis
adrodd unchanged unchanged hadrodd
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), “adroddaf”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies