anadlu

Welsh

Alternative forms

• analu, anhedlu, anadlo

Etymology

From anadl (“breath”) +‎ -u.

Pronunciation

• (North Wales) IPA^(key): /aˈnadlɨ̞/
• (South Wales) IPA^(key): /aˈnadli/
• Rhymes: -adlɨ̞

Verb

anadlu (first-person singular present anadlaf)

1. to breathe, to respire

Conjugation

Conjugation of anadlu (literary)

	singular			plural			impersonal
	first	second	third	first	second	third
present indicative/future	anadlaf	anedli	anadla	anadlwn	anedlwch, anadlwch	anadlant	anedlir
imperfect (indicative/subjunctive)/ conditional	anadlwn	anadlit	anadlai	anadlem	anadlech	anadlent	anedlid
preterite	anedlais	anedlaist	anadlodd	anadlasom	anadlasoch	anadlasant	anadlwyd
pluperfect	anadlaswn	anadlasit	anadlasai	anadlasem	anadlasech	anadlasent	anadlasid, anadlesid
present subjunctive	anadlwyf	anedlych	anadlo	anadlom	anadloch	anadlont	anadler
imperative	—	anadla, anadla	anadled	anadlwn	anedlwch, anadlwch	anadlent	anadler
verbal noun	anadlu
verbal adjectives	anadledig anadladwy

Conjugation of anadlu (colloquial)

inflected colloquial forms	singular			plural
	first	second	third	first	second	third
future	anadla i, anadlaf i	anadli di	anadlith o/e/hi, anadliff e/hi	anadlwn ni	anadlwch chi	anadlan nhw
conditional	anadlwn i, anadlswn i	anadlet ti, anadlset ti	anadlai fo/fe/hi, anadlsai fo/fe/hi	anadlen ni, anadlsen ni	anadlech chi, anadlsech chi	anadlen nhw, anadlsen nhw
preterite	anadlais i, anadles i	anadlaist ti, anadlest ti	anadlodd o/e/hi	anadlon ni	anadloch chi	anadlon nhw
imperative	—	anadla	—	—	anadlwch	—

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

Derived terms

• anadliad (“breath, respiration”)
• anadlu allan, allanadlu (“to exhale”)
• llwybr anadlu (“airway”)
• anadlu i mewn, mewnanadlu (“to inhale”)
• peiriant anadlu (“respirator, ventilator”)

Mutation

Mutated forms of anadlu

radical	soft	nasal	h-prothesis
anadlu	unchanged	unchanged	hanadlu

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

Further reading

• Griffiths, Bruce; Glyn Jones, Dafydd (1995), “breathe”, in Geiriadur yr Academi: The Welsh Academy English–Welsh Dictionary‎^[1], Cardiff: University of Wales Press, →ISBN
• D. G. Lewis, N. Lewis, editors (2005–present), “anadlu”, in Gweiadur: the Welsh–English Dictionary, Gwerin
• R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke, et al., editors (1950–present), “anadlu”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies