ateb

Welsh

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Middle Welsh atteb, from Proto-Brythonic *adheb, from Proto-Celtic *atiskʷom (compare Old Irish aithesc), from *ati- + *sekʷeti (“to say”).

Pronunciation

  • (standard, colloquial) IPA(key): /ˈatɛb/

Noun

ateb m (plural atebion)

  1. answer, response, reply
    Synonym: ymateb
  2. solution, panacea
    Synonym: datrysiad

Derived terms

  • atebgan (“antiphon”)
  • gwrthateb (“retort”)
  • peiriant ateb (“answerphone”)

Verb

ateb (first-person singular present atebaf)

  1. (ambitransitive) to answer, respond, reply
  2. (transitive) to correspond, to suit
    ateb pwrpas ― serve the purpose

Conjugation

Conjugation (literary)
singular plural impersonal
first second third first second third
present indicative/future atebaf atebi ateb, etyb atebwn atebwch atebant atebir
imperfect (indicative/subjunctive)/
conditional 		atebwn atebit atebai atebem atebech atebent atebid
preterite atebais atebaist atebodd atebasom atebasoch atebasant atebwyd
pluperfect atebaswn atebasit atebasai atebasem atebasech atebasent atebasid, atebesid
present subjunctive atebwyf atebych atebo atebom ateboch atebont ateber
imperative — ateb, ateba atebed atebwn atebwch atebent ateber
verbal noun ateb
verbal adjectives atebedig
atebadwy
Conjugation (colloquial)
inflected
colloquial forms 		singular plural
first second third first second third
future ateba i,
atebaf i 		atebi di atebith o/e/hi,
atebiff e/hi 		atebwn ni atebwch chi ateban nhw
conditional atebwn i,
atebswn i 		atebet ti,
atebset ti 		atebai fo/fe/hi,
atebsai fo/fe/hi 		ateben ni,
atebsen ni 		atebech chi,
atebsech chi 		ateben nhw,
atebsen nhw
preterite atebais i,
atebes i 		atebaist ti,
atebest ti 		atebodd o/e/hi atebon ni ateboch chi atebon nhw
imperative — ateba — — atebwch —

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

Derived terms

  • atebiad (“response”)
  • atebol (“accountable”)
  • atebwr (“respondent”)
  • cyfateb (“correspond”)
  • ymateb (“respond, react”)

Mutation

Mutated forms of ateb
radical soft nasal h-prothesis
ateb unchanged unchanged hateb

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

Further reading

  • D. G. Lewis, N. Lewis, editors (2005–present), “ateb”, in Gweiadur: the Welsh–English Dictionary, Gwerin
  • R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke et al., editors (1950–present), “ateb”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies
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