maeddu

Welsh

Etymology

From Middle Welsh maeddu, from Proto-Celtic *madyeti (“to burst, break”).

Pronunciation

• (North Wales) IPA^(key): /ˈmaːɨ̯ðɨ̞/
• (South Wales) IPA^(key): /ˈmai̯ðɪ/

Verb

maeddu (first-person singular present maeddaf)

1. to beat, to hit, to strike

   Synonym: curo

2. to beat, to defeat, to vanquish

   Synonyms: baeddu, gorchfygu, trechu

3. to soil, to dirty

   Synonyms: baeddu, difwyno, llygru

Conjugation

Conjugation (literary)

	singular			plural			impersonal
	first	second	third	first	second	third
present indicative/future	maeddaf	maeddi	maedda	maeddwn	maeddwch	maeddant	maeddir
imperfect (indicative/subjunctive)/ conditional	maeddwn	maeddit	maeddai	maeddem	maeddech	maeddent	maeddid
preterite	maeddais	maeddaist	maeddodd	maeddasom	maeddasoch	maeddasant	maeddwyd
pluperfect	maeddaswn	maeddasit	maeddasai	maeddasem	maeddasech	maeddasent	maeddasid, maeddesid
present subjunctive	maeddwyf	maeddych	maeddo	maeddom	maeddoch	maeddont	maedder
imperative	—	maedda	maedded	maeddwn	maeddwch	maeddent	maedder
verbal noun	maeddu
verbal adjectives	maeddedig maeddadwy

Conjugation (colloquial)

inflected colloquial forms	singular			plural
	first	second	third	first	second	third
future	maedda i, maeddaf i	maeddi di	maeddith o/e/hi, maeddiff e/hi	maeddwn ni	maeddwch chi	maeddan nhw
conditional	maeddwn i, maeddswn i	maeddet ti, maeddset ti	maeddai fo/fe/hi, maeddsai fo/fe/hi	maedden ni, maeddsen ni	maeddech chi, maeddsech chi	maedden nhw, maeddsen nhw
preterite	maeddais i, maeddes i	maeddaist ti, maeddest ti	maeddodd o/e/hi	maeddon ni	maeddoch chi	maeddon nhw
imperative	—	maedda	—	—	maeddwch	—

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

Mutation

Mutated forms of maeddu

radical	soft	nasal	aspirate
maeddu	faeddu	unchanged	unchanged

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

Further reading

• R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke et al., editors (1950–present), “maeddu”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies