rhyddfreinio

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Welsh

Etymology

From rhyddfraint (“freedom, franchise, privilege”) +‎ -io (verb-forming suffix) or rhydd (“free”) +‎ breinio (“to grant, to privilege”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /r̥əðˈvrei̯njɔ/

Verb

rhyddfreinio (first-person singular present rhyddfreiniaf)

  1. to enfranchise (to grant a privilege or right)
  2. to emancipate, to manumit

Conjugation

Conjugation (literary)
singular plural impersonal
first second third first second third
present indicative/future rhyddfreiniaf rhyddfreini rhyddfreinia rhyddfreiniwn rhyddfreiniwch rhyddfreiniant rhyddfreinir
imperfect (indicative/subjunctive)/conditional rhyddfreiniwn rhyddfreinit rhyddfreiniai rhyddfreiniem rhyddfreiniech rhyddfreinient rhyddfreinid
preterite rhyddfreiniais rhyddfreiniaist rhyddfreiniodd rhyddfreiniasom rhyddfreiniasoch rhyddfreiniasant rhyddfreiniwyd
pluperfect rhyddfreiniaswn rhyddfreiniasit rhyddfreiniasai rhyddfreiniasem rhyddfreiniasech rhyddfreiniasent rhyddfreiniasid, rhyddfreiniesid
present subjunctive rhyddfreiniwyf rhyddfreiniech rhyddfreinio rhyddfreiniom rhyddfreinioch rhyddfreiniont rhyddfreinier
imperative — rhyddfreinia rhyddfreinied rhyddfreiniwn rhyddfreiniwch rhyddfreinient rhyddfreinier
verbal noun rhyddfreinio
verbal adjectives rhyddfreiniedig
rhyddfreiniadwy
Conjugation (colloquial)
Inflected colloquial forms singular plural
first second third first second third
future rhyddfreinia i, rhyddfreiniaf i rhyddfreini di rhyddfreinith o/e/hi, rhyddfreiniff e/hi rhyddfreiniwn ni rhyddfreiniwch chi rhyddfreinian nhw
conditional rhyddfreiniwn i, rhyddfreinswn i rhyddfreiniet ti, rhyddfreinset ti rhyddfreiniai fo/fe/hi, rhyddfreinsai fo/fe/hi rhyddfreinien ni, rhyddfreinsen ni rhyddfreiniech chi, rhyddfreinsech chi rhyddfreinien nhw, rhyddfreinsen nhw
preterite rhyddfreiniais i, rhyddfreinies i rhyddfreiniaist ti, rhyddfreiniest ti rhyddfreiniodd o/e/hi rhyddfreinion ni rhyddfreinioch chi rhyddfreinion nhw
imperative — rhyddfreinia — — rhyddfreiniwch —
Note: All other forms are periphrastic, as usual in colloquial Welsh.

Derived terms

Mutation

Welsh mutation
radical soft nasal aspirate
rhyddfreinio ryddfreinio unchanged unchanged
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

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