cerdded
Welsh
editEtymology
editFrom Middle Welsh kerddet, from Proto-Celtic *kerdeti (compare Cornish kerdhes, Breton kerzhet), from Proto-Indo-European *kerd- (compare Old English hratian (“to rush, hasten”), Ancient Greek κραδάω (kradáō, “to swing, brandish”), Sanskrit कूर्दति (kūrdati, “(s/he) leaps”)).
Pronunciation
editVerb
editcerdded (first-person singular present cerddaf)
- to walk
Conjugation
editConjugation (literary)
singular | plural | impersonal | ||||||
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first | second | third | first | second | third | |||
present indicative/future | cerddaf | cerddi | cerdd, cerdda | cerddwn | cerddwch | cerddant | cerddir | |
imperfect (indicative/subjunctive)/ conditional |
cerddwn | cerddit | cerddai | cerddem | cerddech | cerddent | cerddid | |
preterite | cerddais | cerddaist | cerddodd | cerddasom | cerddasoch | cerddasant | cerddwyd | |
pluperfect | cerddaswn | cerddasit | cerddasai | cerddasem | cerddasech | cerddasent | cerddasid, cerddesid | |
present subjunctive | cerddwyf | cerddych | cerddo | cerddom | cerddoch | cerddont | cerdder | |
imperative | — | cerdda | cerdded | cerddwn | cerddwch | cerddent | cerdder | |
verbal noun | cerdded | |||||||
verbal adjectives | cerddedig |
Conjugation (colloquial)
Inflected colloquial forms | singular | plural | ||||
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first | second | third | first | second | third | |
future | cerdda i, cerddaf i | cerddi di | cerddith o/e/hi, cerddiff e/hi | cerddwn ni | cerddwch chi | cerddan nhw |
conditional | cerddwn i, cerddswn i | cerddet ti, cerddset ti | cerddai fo/fe/hi, cerddsai fo/fe/hi | cerdden ni, cerddsen ni | cerddech chi, cerddsech chi | cerdden nhw, cerddsen nhw |
preterite | cerddais i, cerddes i | cerddaist ti, cerddest ti | cerddodd o/e/hi | cerddon ni | cerddoch chi | cerddon nhw |
imperative | — | cerdda | — | — | cerddwch | — |
Note: All other forms are periphrastic, as usual in colloquial Welsh. |
Mutation
editWelsh mutation | |||
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radical | soft | nasal | aspirate |
cerdded | gerdded | ngherdded | cherdded |
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. |
References
edit- Matasović, Ranko (2009) Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, pages 202-3
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- Welsh terms inherited from Middle Welsh
- Welsh terms derived from Middle Welsh
- Welsh terms inherited from Proto-Celtic
- Welsh terms derived from Proto-Celtic
- Welsh terms inherited from Proto-Indo-European
- Welsh terms derived from Proto-Indo-European
- Welsh terms with IPA pronunciation
- Rhymes:Welsh/ɛrðɛd
- Rhymes:Welsh/ɛrðɛd/2 syllables
- Welsh lemmas
- Welsh verbs