From Proto-Celtic *bādīti. Cognate with Cornish beudhi, Breton beuziñ, Irish báigh, and perhaps with Ancient Greek βᾰθῠ́ς (bathús, “deep”).
boddi (first-person singular present boddaf)
| singular | plural | impersonal | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| first | second | third | first | second | third | |||
| present indicative/future | boddaf | boddi | bawdd, bodda | boddwn | boddwch | boddant | boddir | |
| imperfect (indicative/subjunctive)/ conditional |
boddwn | boddit | boddai | boddem | boddech | boddent | boddid | |
| preterite | boddais | boddaist | boddodd | boddasom | boddasoch | boddasant | boddwyd | |
| pluperfect | boddaswn | boddasit | boddasai | boddasem | boddasech | boddasent | boddasid, boddesid | |
| present subjunctive | boddwyf | boddych | boddo | boddom | boddoch | boddont | bodder | |
| imperative | — | bodda | bodded | boddwn | boddwch | boddent | bodder | |
| verbal noun | boddi | |||||||
| verbal adjectives | boddedig boddadwy | |||||||
| Inflected colloquial forms | singular | plural | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| first | second | third | first | second | third | |
| future | bodda i, boddaf i | boddi di | boddith o/e/hi, boddiff e/hi | boddwn ni | boddwch chi | boddan nhw |
| conditional | boddwn i, boddswn i | boddet ti, boddset ti | boddai fo/fe/hi, boddsai fo/fe/hi | bodden ni, boddsen ni | boddech chi, boddsech chi | bodden nhw, boddsen nhw |
| preterite | boddais i, boddes i | boddaist ti, boddest ti | boddodd o/e/hi | boddon ni | boddoch chi | boddon nhw |
| imperative | — | bodda | — | — | boddwch | — |
| Note: All other forms are periphrastic, as usual in colloquial Welsh. | ||||||
| radical | soft | nasal | aspirate |
|---|---|---|---|
| boddi | foddi | moddi | unchanged |
Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Welsh.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.