soddi

Welsh

Etymology

Perhaps from an earlier form *sōd-, from Proto-Indo-European *sed- (“to sit”), whence eistedd (“to sit”); compare English soot. Alternatively, the earlier form is *stā-dh-, from Proto-Indo-European *steh₂- (“to stand”), whence sefyll (“to stand, stop”).

Pronunciation

Verb

soddi (first-person singular present soddaf, not mutable)

  1. to submerge

Conjugation
Conjugation (literary)
singular plural impersonal
first second third first second third
present indicative/future soddaf soddi sawdd, sodda soddwn soddwch soddant soddir
imperfect (indicative/subjunctive)/
conditional		 soddwn soddit soddai soddem soddech soddent soddid
preterite soddais soddaist soddodd soddasom soddasoch soddasant soddwyd
pluperfect soddaswn soddasit soddasai soddasem soddasech soddasent soddasid, soddesid
present subjunctive soddwyf soddych soddo soddom soddoch soddont sodder
imperative — sodda sodded soddwn soddwch soddent sodder
verbal noun soddi
verbal adjectives soddedig
soddadwy
Conjugation (colloquial)
Inflected colloquial forms singular plural
first second third first second third
future sodda i, soddaf i soddi di soddith o/e/hi, soddiff e/hi soddwn ni soddwch chi soddan nhw
conditional soddwn i, soddswn i soddet ti, soddset ti soddai fo/fe/hi, soddsai fo/fe/hi sodden ni, soddsen ni soddech chi, soddsech chi sodden nhw, soddsen nhw
preterite soddais i, soddes i soddaist ti, soddest ti soddodd o/e/hi soddon ni soddoch chi soddon nhw
imperative — sodda — — soddwch —
Note: All other forms are periphrastic, as usual in colloquial Welsh.

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