dadlau

Welsh

Etymology

From dadl (“debate, argument”).

Pronunciation

• (North Wales, standard) IPA^(key): /ˈdadlaɨ̯/
  • (North Wales, colloquial) IPA^(key): /ˈdadlɛ/, /ˈdadla/
• (South Wales, standard) IPA^(key): /ˈdadlai̯/
  • (South Wales, colloquial) IPA^(key): /ˈdadlɛ/

Verb

dadlau (first-person singular present dadleuaf)

1. to argue, to debate, to reason

   Synonym: ymresymu

2. to quarrel, to bicker

   Synonym: cweryla

Conjugation

Conjugation (literary)

	singular			plural			impersonal
	first	second	third	first	second	third
present indicative/future	dadleuaf	dadleui	dadleua	dadleuwn	dadleuwch	dadleuant	dadleuir
imperfect (indicative/subjunctive)/ conditional	dadleuwn	dadleuit	dadleuai	dadleuem	dadleuech	dadleuent	dadleuid
preterite	dadleuais	dadleuaist	dadleuodd	dadleuasom	dadleuasoch	dadleuasant	dadleuwyd
pluperfect	dadleuaswn	dadleuasit	dadleuasai	dadleuasem	dadleuasech	dadleuasent	dadleuasid, dadleuesid
present subjunctive	dadleuwyf	dadleuych	dadleuo	dadleuom	dadleuoch	dadleuont	dadleuer
imperative	—	dadleua	dadleued	dadleuwn	dadleuwch	dadleuent	dadleuer
verbal noun	dadlau
verbal adjectives	dadleuedig dadleuadwy

Conjugation (colloquial)

Inflected colloquial forms	singular			plural
	first	second	third	first	second	third
future	dadleua i, dadleuaf i	dadleui di	dadleuith o/e/hi, dadleuiff e/hi	dadleuwn ni	dadleuwch chi	dadleuan nhw
conditional	dadleuwn i, dadleuswn i	dadleuet ti, dadleuset ti	dadleuai fo/fe/hi, dadleusai fo/fe/hi	dadleuen ni, dadleusen ni	dadleuech chi, dadleusech chi	dadleuen nhw, dadleusen nhw
preterite	dadleuais i, dadleues i	dadleuaist ti, dadleuest ti	dadleuodd o/e/hi	dadleuon ni	dadleuoch chi	dadleuon nhw
imperative	—	dadleua	—	—	dadleuwch	—
Note: All other forms are periphrastic, as usual in colloquial Welsh.

Derived terms

• dadleuol (“debatable, controversial”)

Mutation

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