aeddfedu

Welsh

Etymology

From aeddfed (“mature”) +‎ -u.

Pronunciation

• (North Wales) IPA^(key): /eɨ̯ðˈvɛdɨ̞/
• (South Wales) IPA^(key): /ei̯ðˈveːdi/, /ei̯ðˈvɛdi/

Verb

aeddfedu (first-person singular present aeddfedaf)

1. to mature

Conjugation

Conjugation (literary)

	singular			plural			impersonal
	first	second	third	first	second	third
present indicative/future	aeddfedaf	aeddfedi	aeddfeda	aeddfedwn	aeddfedwch	aeddfedant	aeddfedir
imperfect (indicative/subjunctive)/ conditional	aeddfedwn	aeddfedit	aeddfedai	aeddfedem	aeddfedech	aeddfedent	aeddfedid
preterite	aeddfedais	aeddfedaist	aeddfedodd	aeddfedasom	aeddfedasoch	aeddfedasant	aeddfedwyd
pluperfect	aeddfedaswn	aeddfedasit	aeddfedasai	aeddfedasem	aeddfedasech	aeddfedasent	aeddfedasid, aeddfedesid
present subjunctive	aeddfedwyf	aeddfedych	aeddfedo	aeddfedom	aeddfedoch	aeddfedont	aeddfeder
imperative	—	aeddfeda	aeddfeded	aeddfedwn	aeddfedwch	aeddfedent	aeddfeder
verbal noun	aeddfedu
verbal adjectives	aeddfededig aeddfedadwy

Conjugation (colloquial)

inflected colloquial forms	singular			plural
	first	second	third	first	second	third
future	aeddfeda i, aeddfedaf i	aeddfedi di	aeddfedith o/e/hi, aeddfediff e/hi	aeddfedwn ni	aeddfedwch chi	aeddfedan nhw
conditional	aeddfedwn i, aeddfedswn i	aeddfedet ti, aeddfedset ti	aeddfedai fo/fe/hi, aeddfedsai fo/fe/hi	aeddfeden ni, aeddfedsen ni	aeddfedech chi, aeddfedsech chi	aeddfeden nhw, aeddfedsen nhw
preterite	aeddfedais i, aeddfedes i	aeddfedaist ti, aeddfedest ti	aeddfedodd o/e/hi	aeddfedon ni	aeddfedoch chi	aeddfedon nhw
imperative	—	aeddfeda	—	—	aeddfedwch	—

Note: All other forms are periphrastic, as usual in colloquial Welsh.

Mutation

Mutated forms of aeddfedu

radical	soft	nasal	h-prothesis
aeddfedu	unchanged	unchanged	haeddfedu

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Welsh.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

References

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