hadu

See also: hadů

Czech

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈɦadu]

Noun

hadu

  1. dative/locative singular of had

Welsh

Alternative forms

  • hadaff

Etymology

From the same root as the noun had (“seed”). Cognate with Middle Breton hadaff and Breton hadañ.

Pronunciation

Verb

hadu (first-person singular present hadaf, not mutable)

  1. to bring forth or produce seed, grow seed, multiply, become fruitful
  2. to sprout into ears, run to seed
  3. to sow, propagate
  4. to beget, procreate

Conjugation

Conjugation (literary)
singular plural impersonal
first second third first second third
present indicative/future hadaf hedi hada hadwn hedwch, hadwch hadant hedir
imperfect (indicative/subjunctive)/
conditional 		hadwn hadit hadai hadem hadech hadent hedid
preterite hedais hedaist hadodd hadasom hadasoch hadasant hadwyd
pluperfect hadaswn hadasit hadasai hadasem hadasech hadasent hadasid, hadesid
present subjunctive hadwyf hedych hado hadom hadoch hadont hader
imperative — hada haded hadwn hedwch, hadwch hadent hader
verbal noun hadu
verbal adjectives —
Conjugation (colloquial)
inflected
colloquial forms 		singular plural
first second third first second third
future hada i,
hadaf i 		hadi di hadith o/e/hi,
hadiff e/hi 		hadwn ni hadwch chi hadan nhw
conditional hadwn i,
hadswn i 		hadet ti,
hadset ti 		hadai fo/fe/hi,
hadsai fo/fe/hi 		haden ni,
hadsen ni 		hadech chi,
hadsech chi 		haden nhw,
hadsen nhw
preterite hadais i,
hades i 		hadaist ti,
hadest ti 		hadodd o/e/hi hadon ni hadoch chi hadon nhw
imperative — hada — — hadwch —

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