From Proto-Celtic *kat-wo-, from Proto-Indo-European *kadʰ- (“to protect”). Cognate with English hat, English heed, Latin cassis.
cadw (first-person singular present cadwaf)
singular | plural | impersonal | ||||||
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first | second | third | first | second | third | |||
present indicative/future | cadwaf | cedwi | ceidw | cadwn | cedwch | cadwant | cedwir | |
imperfect (indicative/subjunctive)/conditional | cadwn | cadwit | cadwai | cadwem | cadwech | cadwent | cedwid | |
preterite | cedwais | cedwaist | cadwodd | cadwasom | cadwasoch | cadwasant | cadwyd | |
pluperfect | cadwaswn | cadwasit | cadwasai | cadwasem | cadwasech | cadwasent | cadwasid, cadwesid | |
present subjunctive | cadwyf | cedwych | cadwo | cadwom | cadwoch | cadwont | cadwer | |
imperative | — | cadw, cadwa | cadwed | cadwn | cedwch | cadwent | cadwer | |
verbal noun | cadw | |||||||
verbal adjectives | cadwedig cadwadwy |
inflected colloquial forms |
singular | plural | ||||
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first | second | third | first | second | third | |
future | cadwa i, cadwaf i |
cadwi di | cadwith o/e/hi, cadwiff e/hi |
cadwn ni | cadwch chi | cadwan nhw |
conditional | cadwn i, cadwswn i |
cadwet ti, cadwset ti |
cadwai fo/fe/hi, cadwsai fo/fe/hi |
cadwen ni, cadwsen ni |
cadwech chi, cadwsech chi |
cadwen nhw, cadwsen nhw |
preterite | cadwais i, cadwes i |
cadwaist ti, cadwest ti |
cadwodd o/e/hi | cadwon ni | cadwoch chi | cadwon nhw |
imperative | — | cadwa | — | — | cadwch | — |
radical | soft | nasal | aspirate |
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cadw | gadw | nghadw | chadw |
Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Welsh.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.