adrodd

Welsh

Alternative forms
  • adroddi

Etymology

From ad- + Proto-Celtic *rādīti (compare Old Irish ráidid), from Proto-Indo-European *Hreh₁dʰ- (“to perform successfully”) (compare Sanskrit राध्नोति (rādhnoti), राध्यति (rādhyati, “to perform successfully”), Old Church Slavonic радити (raditi, “to take care of, work”), Gothic 𐍂𐍉𐌳𐌾𐌰𐌽 (rōdjan, “to talk”), Lithuanian rodýti (“to show”).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈadrɔð/

Verb

adrodd (first-person singular present adroddaf)

  1. to tell, narrate, relate (tell in a descriptive manner)
  2. to recite (repeat aloud some passage)

Conjugation
Conjugation (literary)
singular plural impersonal
first second third first second third
present indicative/future adroddaf adroddi edrydd, adrodda adroddwn adroddwch adroddant adroddir
imperfect (indicative/subjunctive)/
conditional		 adroddwn adroddit adroddai adroddem adroddech adroddent adroddid
preterite adroddais adroddaist adroddodd adroddasom adroddasoch adroddasant adroddwyd
pluperfect adroddaswn adroddasit adroddasai adroddasem adroddasech adroddasent adroddasid, adroddesid
present subjunctive adroddwyf adroddych adroddo adroddom adroddoch adroddont adrodder
imperative — adrodd, adrodda adrodded adroddwn adroddwch adroddent adrodder
verbal noun adrodd
verbal adjectives adroddedig
adroddadwy
Conjugation (colloquial)
Inflected colloquial forms singular plural
first second third first second third
future adrodda i, adroddaf i adroddi di adroddith o/e/hi, adroddiff e/hi adroddwn ni adroddwch chi adroddan nhw
conditional adroddwn i, adroddswn i adroddet ti, adroddset ti adroddai fo/fe/hi, adroddsai fo/fe/hi adrodden ni, adroddsen ni adroddech chi, adroddsech chi adrodden nhw, adroddsen nhw
preterite adroddais i, adroddes i adroddaist ti, adroddest ti adroddodd o/e/hi adroddon ni adroddoch chi adroddon nhw
imperative — adrodda — — adroddwch —
Note: All other forms are periphrastic, as usual in colloquial Welsh.

Derived terms

Mutation
Welsh mutation
radical soft nasal h-prothesis
adrodd unchanged unchanged hadrodd
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), “adroddaf”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies
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