cadw

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Welsh

Etymology

From Proto-Celtic *kat-wo-, from Proto-Indo-European *kadʰ- (to protect). Cognate with English hat, English heed, Latin cassis.

Pronunciation

Verb

cadw (first-person singular present cadwaf)

  1. to keep
  2. to book (reserve)
  3. (computing) to save

Conjugation

Conjugation (colloquial)
inflected
colloquial forms
singular plural
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
  • Alternative third-person singular subjunctive (literary): cato

Derived terms

Mutation

Mutated forms of cadw
radical soft nasal aspirate
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.

References

  1. ^ Morris Jones, John (1913) A Welsh Grammar, Historical and Comparative, Oxford: Clarendon Press, § 202 v

Further reading

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