gwadu

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Welsh

Etymology

From Middle Welsh gwadu, from Proto-Brythonic *gwodad, from Proto-Celtic *wotāti, from Proto-Indo-European *woth₂-éye-ti from Proto-Indo-European *weth₂- (“to say”).

Pronunciation

Verb

gwadu (first-person singular present gwadaf)

  1. (transitive) to deny
  2. (transitive) to disavow, to disown
    Synonyms: diarddel, gwrthod

Conjugation

Conjugation (literary)
singular plural impersonal
first second third first second third
present indicative/future gwadaf gwedi gwad gwadwn gwedwch, gwadwch gwadant gwedir
imperfect (indicative/subjunctive)/
conditional 		gwadwn gwadit gwadai gwadem gwadech gwadent gwedid
preterite gwedais gwedaist gwadodd gwadasom gwadasoch gwadasant gwadwyd
pluperfect gwadaswn gwadasit gwadasai gwadasem gwadasech gwadasent gwadasid, gwadesid
present subjunctive gwadwyf gwedych gwado gwadom gwadoch gwadont gwader
imperative — gwada gwaded gwadwn gwedwch, gwadwch gwadent gwader
verbal noun gwadu
verbal adjectives gwadedig
gwadadwy
Conjugation (colloquial)
Inflected colloquial forms singular plural
first second third first second third
future gwada i, gwadaf i gwadi di gwadith o/e/hi, gwadiff e/hi gwadwn ni gwadwch chi gwadan nhw
conditional gwadwn i, gwadswn i gwadet ti, gwadset ti gwadai fo/fe/hi, gwadsai fo/fe/hi gwaden ni, gwadsen ni gwadech chi, gwadsech chi gwaden nhw, gwadsen nhw
preterite gwadais i, gwades i gwadaist ti, gwadest ti gwadodd o/e/hi gwadon ni gwadoch chi gwadon nhw
imperative — gwada — — gwadwch —
Note: All other forms are periphrastic, as usual in colloquial Welsh.

Derived terms

Mutation

Mutated forms of gwadu
radical soft nasal aspirate
gwadu wadu ngwadu unchanged

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Welsh.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

References

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