From Middle Welsh redec, from Old Welsh retit, from Proto-Brythonic *rrėdɨd, from Proto-Celtic *reteti, from Proto-Indo-European *Hreth₂-.
Compare Cornish resek, Breton redek, Old Irish reithid.
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rhedeg (first-person singular present rhedaf)
| singular | plural | impersonal | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| first | second | third | first | second | third | |||
| present indicative/future | rhedaf | rhedi | rhed | rhedwn | rhedwch | rhedant | rhedir | |
| imperfect (indicative/subjunctive)/ conditional |
rhedwn | rhedit | rhedai | rhedem | rhedech | rhedent | rhedid | |
| preterite | rhedais | rhedaist | rhedodd | rhedasom | rhedasoch | rhedasant | rhedwyd | |
| pluperfect | rhedaswn | rhedasit | rhedasai | rhedasem | rhedasech | rhedasent | rhedasid, rhedesid | |
| present subjunctive | rhedwyf | rhedych | rhedo | rhedom | rhedoch | rhedont | rheder | |
| imperative | — | rhed | rheded | rhedwn | rhedwch | rhedent | rheder | |
| verbal noun | rhedeg | |||||||
| verbal adjectives | rhededig rhedadwy | |||||||
| Inflected colloquial forms | singular | plural | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| first | second | third | first | second | third | |
| future | rheda i, rhedaf i | rhedi di | rhedith o/e/hi, rhediff e/hi | rhedwn ni | rhedwch chi | rhedan nhw |
| conditional | rhedwn i, rhedswn i | rhedet ti, rhedset ti | rhedai fo/fe/hi, rhedsai fo/fe/hi | rheden ni, rhedsen ni | rhedech chi, rhedsech chi | rheden nhw, rhedsen nhw |
| preterite | rhedais i, rhedes i | rhedaist ti, rhedest ti | rhedodd o/e/hi | rhedon ni | rhedoch chi | rhedon nhw |
| imperative | — | rheda | — | — | rhedwch | — |
| Note: All other forms are periphrastic, as usual in colloquial Welsh. | ||||||
| Welsh mutation | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| radical | soft | nasal | aspirate |
| rhedeg | redeg | unchanged | unchanged |
| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. | |||