ateb
Jump to navigation
Jump to search
Welsh
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Middle Welsh atteb, from Proto-Brythonic *adheb, from Proto-Celtic *atiskʷom (compare Old Irish aithesc), from *ati- + *sekʷeti (“to say”).
Pronunciation
[edit]- (North Wales, standard, colloquial) IPA(key): /ˈatɛb/
- (North Wales, colloquial) IPA(key): /ˈatab/
- (South Wales) IPA(key): /ˈatɛb/
Noun
[edit]ateb m (plural atebion)
Derived terms
[edit]- atebgan (“antiphon”)
- peiriant ateb (“answerphone”)
Verb
[edit]ateb (first-person singular present atebaf)
- (transitive, intransitive) to answer, respond, reply
- (transitive) to correspond, to suit
- ateb pwrpas ― serve the purpose
Conjugation
[edit]Conjugation (literary)
singular | plural | impersonal | ||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
first | second | third | first | second | third | |||
present indicative/future | atebaf | atebi | ateb, etyb | atebwn | atebwch | atebant | atebir | |
imperfect (indicative/subjunctive)/ conditional |
atebwn | atebit | atebai | atebem | atebech | atebent | atebid | |
preterite | atebais | atebaist | atebodd | atebasom | atebasoch | atebasant | atebwyd | |
pluperfect | atebaswn | atebasit | atebasai | atebasem | atebasech | atebasent | atebasid, atebesid | |
present subjunctive | atebwyf | atebych | atebo | atebom | ateboch | atebont | ateber | |
imperative | — | ateb, ateba | atebed | atebwn | atebwch | atebent | ateber | |
verbal noun | ateb | |||||||
verbal adjectives | atebedig atebadwy |
Conjugation (colloquial)
Inflected colloquial forms | singular | plural | ||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
first | second | third | first | second | third | |
future | ateba i, atebaf i | atebi di | atebith o/e/hi, atebiff e/hi | atebwn ni | atebwch chi | ateban nhw |
conditional | atebwn i, atebswn i | atebet ti, atebset ti | atebai fo/fe/hi, atebsai fo/fe/hi | ateben ni, atebsen ni | atebech chi, atebsech chi | ateben nhw, atebsen nhw |
preterite | atebais i, atebes i | atebaist ti, atebest ti | atebodd o/e/hi | atebon ni | ateboch chi | atebon nhw |
imperative | — | ateba | — | — | atebwch | — |
Note: All other forms are periphrastic, as usual in colloquial Welsh. |
Derived terms
[edit]Mutation
[edit]Welsh mutation | |||
---|---|---|---|
radical | soft | nasal | h-prothesis |
ateb | unchanged | unchanged | hateb |
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. |
Further reading
[edit]- R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke et al., editors (1950–present), “ateb”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies
Categories:
- Welsh terms derived from Proto-Indo-European
- Welsh terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *sekʷ- (say)
- Welsh terms inherited from Middle Welsh
- Welsh terms derived from Middle Welsh
- Welsh terms inherited from Proto-Brythonic
- Welsh terms derived from Proto-Brythonic
- Welsh terms inherited from Proto-Celtic
- Welsh terms derived from Proto-Celtic
- Welsh terms with IPA pronunciation
- Welsh lemmas
- Welsh nouns
- Welsh countable nouns
- Welsh masculine nouns
- Welsh verbs
- Welsh transitive verbs
- Welsh intransitive verbs
- Welsh terms with usage examples