adrodd

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Welsh

Alternative forms

Etymology

From ad- + Proto-Celtic *rādīti, verbal noun *rādos (compare Old Irish ráidid), from Proto-Indo-European *Hreh₁dʰ- (to perform successfully) (compare Sanskrit राध्नोति (rādhnoti), राध्यति (rādhyati, to perform successfully), Old Church Slavonic радити (raditi, to take care of, work), Gothic 𐍂𐍉𐌳𐌾𐌰𐌽 (rōdjan, to talk), Lithuanian rodýti (to show).

Pronunciation

Verb

adrodd (first-person singular present adroddaf)

  1. to tell, narrate, relate (tell in a descriptive manner)
  2. to recite (repeat aloud some passage)

Conjugation

Conjugation (literary)
singular plural impersonal
first second third first second third
present indicative/future adroddaf adroddi edrydd, adrodda adroddwn adroddwch adroddant adroddir
imperfect (indicative/subjunctive)/
conditional
adroddwn adroddit adroddai adroddem adroddech adroddent adroddid
preterite adroddais adroddaist adroddodd adroddasom adroddasoch adroddasant adroddwyd
pluperfect adroddaswn adroddasit adroddasai adroddasem adroddasech adroddasent adroddasid, adroddesid
present subjunctive adroddwyf adroddych adroddo adroddom adroddoch adroddont adrodder
imperative adrodd, adrodda adrodded adroddwn adroddwch adroddent adrodder
verbal noun adrodd
verbal adjectives adroddedig
adroddadwy
Conjugation (colloquial)
inflected
colloquial forms
singular plural
first second third first second third
future adrodda i,
adroddaf i
adroddi di adroddith o/e/hi,
adroddiff e/hi
adroddwn ni adroddwch chi adroddan nhw
conditional adroddwn i,
adroddswn i
adroddet ti,
adroddset ti
adroddai fo/fe/hi,
adroddsai fo/fe/hi
adrodden ni,
adroddsen ni
adroddech chi,
adroddsech chi
adrodden nhw,
adroddsen nhw
preterite adroddais i,
adroddes i
adroddaist ti,
adroddest ti
adroddodd o/e/hi adroddon ni adroddoch chi adroddon nhw
imperative adrodda adroddwch

Derived terms

Mutation

Mutated forms of adrodd
radical soft nasal h-prothesis
adrodd unchanged unchanged hadrodd

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), “adroddaf”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies