trafod

Welsh

Etymology

tra- (“beyond, very”) +‎ bod (“to be”). Alternatively, from traf- (“alternative form of tra”) +‎ odi (“to throw, hurl”).[1]

Pronunciation

Verb

trafod (first-person singular present trafodaf)

  1. to discuss
  2. to negotiate

Conjugation
Conjugation (literary)
singular plural impersonal
first second third first second third
present indicative/future trafodaf trafodi trafoda trafodwn trafodwch trafodant trafodir
imperfect (indicative/subjunctive)/
conditional		 trafodwn trafodit trafodai trafodem trafodech trafodent trafodid
preterite trafodais trafodaist trafododd trafodasom trafodasoch trafodasant trafodwyd
pluperfect trafodaswn trafodasit trafodasai trafodasem trafodasech trafodasent trafodasid, trafodesid
present subjunctive trafodwyf trafodych trafodo trafodom trafodoch trafodont trafoder
imperative — trafoda trafoded trafodwn trafodwch trafodent trafoder
verbal noun trafod
verbal adjectives trafodedig
trafodadwy
Conjugation (colloquial)
Inflected colloquial forms singular plural
first second third first second third
future trafoda i, trafodaf i trafodi di trafodith o/e/hi, trafodiff e/hi trafodwn ni trafodwch chi trafodan nhw
conditional trafodwn i, trafodswn i trafodet ti, trafodset ti trafodai fo/fe/hi, trafodsai fo/fe/hi trafoden ni, trafodsen ni trafodech chi, trafodsech chi trafoden nhw, trafodsen nhw
preterite trafodais i, trafodes i trafodaist ti, trafodest ti trafododd o/e/hi trafodon ni trafodoch chi trafodon nhw
imperative — trafoda — — trafodwch —
Note: All other forms are periphrastic, as usual in colloquial Welsh.

Derived terms
  • trafodaeth (“discussion, negotiation; symposium, colloquy”)

Noun

trafod m or f (plural trafodion or trafodau)

  1. labor, pains, trouble, commotion, battle
  2. movement
  3. action, behavior
  4. a handling
  5. discussion, negotiation
  6. commerce, trade, business
    1. (in the plural) (business) transactions
  7. (in the plural) transactions (of learned society, etc.)

Derived terms

Mutation
Welsh mutation
radical soft nasal aspirate
trafod drafod nhrafod thrafod
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

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