maeddu
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Welsh[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Middle Welsh maeddu, from Proto-Celtic *madyeti (“to burst, break”).
Pronunciation[edit]
- (North Wales) IPA(key): /ˈmaːɨ̯ðɨ̞/
- (South Wales) IPA(key): /ˈmai̯ðɪ/
Verb[edit]
maeddu (first-person singular present maeddaf)
Conjugation[edit]
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[edit]
| Welsh mutation | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| radical | soft | nasal | aspirate |
| maeddu | faeddu | unchanged | unchanged |
| 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), “maeddu”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies