From Middle Welsh goðef, from Proto-Brythonic *gwoðėβ̃jɨd, from Proto-Celtic *uɸodamyeti (compare Old Irish fo·daim).
goddef (first-person singular present goddefaf)
singular | plural | impersonal | ||||||
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first | second | third | first | second | third | |||
present indicative/future | goddefaf | goddefi | goddefa | goddefwn | goddefwch | goddefant | goddefir | |
imperfect (indicative/subjunctive)/ conditional |
goddefwn | goddefit | goddefai | goddefem | goddefech | goddefent | goddefid | |
preterite | goddefais | goddefaist | goddefodd | goddefasom | goddefasoch | goddefasant | goddefwyd | |
pluperfect | goddefaswn | goddefasit | goddefasai | goddefasem | goddefasech | goddefasent | goddefasid, goddefesid | |
present subjunctive | goddefwyf | goddefych | goddefo | goddefom | goddefoch | goddefont | goddefer | |
imperative | — | goddefa | goddefed | goddefwn | goddefwch | goddefent | goddefer | |
verbal noun | goddef | |||||||
verbal adjectives | goddefedig goddefadwy |
Inflected colloquial forms | singular | plural | ||||
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first | second | third | first | second | third | |
future | goddefa i, goddefaf i | goddefi di | goddefith o/e/hi, goddefiff e/hi | goddefwn ni | goddefwch chi | goddefan nhw |
conditional | goddefwn i, goddefswn i | goddefet ti, goddefset ti | goddefai fo/fe/hi, goddefsai fo/fe/hi | goddefen ni, goddefsen ni | goddefech chi, goddefsech chi | goddefen nhw, goddefsen nhw |
preterite | goddefais i, goddefes i | goddefaist ti, goddefest ti | goddefodd o/e/hi | goddefon ni | goddefoch chi | goddefon nhw |
imperative | — | goddefa | — | — | goddefwch | — |
Note: All other forms are periphrastic, as usual in colloquial Welsh. |
radical | soft | nasal | aspirate |
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goddef | oddef | ngoddef | unchanged |
Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Welsh.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.