credu

Welsh

Etymology

From Proto-Brythonic *krėdid, from Proto-Celtic *kreddīti, from Proto-Indo-European *ḱred dʰeh₁- (to place one's heart, i.e. to trust, believe), compound phrase of oblique case form of *ḱḗr (heart) and *dʰeh₁- (to put, place, set).

Pronunciation

Verb

credu (first-person singular present credaf) (ambitransitive)

  1. to believe, have faith in, trust, give credit, etc.
  2. to be disposed, feel inclined, bring oneself to, persuade oneself

Conjugation

Conjugation (literary)
singular plural impersonal
first second third first second third
present indicative/future credaf credi cred credwn credwch credant credir
imperfect (indicative/subjunctive)/
conditional
credwn credit credai credem credech credent credid
preterite credais credaist credodd credasom credasoch credasant credwyd
pluperfect credaswn credasit credasai credasem credasech credasent credasid, credesid
present subjunctive credwyf credych credo credom credoch credont creder
imperative cred creded credwn credwch credent creder
verbal noun credu
verbal adjectives crededig
credadwy
  • Alternative third-person singular present subjunctive: creto
Conjugation (colloquial)
inflected
colloquial forms
singular plural
first second third first second third
future creda i,
credaf i
credi di credith o/e/hi,
crediff e/hi
credwn ni credwch chi credan nhw
conditional credwn i,
credswn i
credet ti,
credset ti
credai fo/fe/hi,
credsai fo/fe/hi
creden ni,
credsen ni
credech chi,
credsech chi
creden nhw,
credsen nhw
preterite credais i,
credes i
credaist ti,
credest ti
credodd o/e/hi credon ni credoch chi credon nhw
imperative creda credwch

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

Mutation

Mutated forms of credu
radical soft nasal aspirate
credu gredu nghredu chredu

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), “credaf”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies