mabwysiadu

Welsh

Etymology

From mabwysiad (adoption; sonship) +‎ -u.

Pronunciation

  • (North Wales) IPA(key): /ˌmabʊɨ̯ˈʃadɨ/
  • (South Wales) IPA(key): /ˌmabʊi̯ˈsja(ː)di/, /ˌmabʊi̯ˈʃa(ː)di/
  • Rhymes: -adɨ̞

Verb

mabwysiadu (first-person singular present mabwysiadaf)

  1. to adopt

Conjugation

Conjugation (literary)
singular plural impersonal
first second third first second third
present indicative/future mabwysiadaf mabwysiedi mabwysiada mabwysiadwn mabwysiedwch, mabwysiadwch mabwysiadant mabwysiedir
imperfect (indicative/subjunctive)/
conditional
mabwysiadwn mabwysiadit mabwysiadai mabwysiadem mabwysiadech mabwysiadent mabwysiedid
preterite mabwysiedais mabwysiedaist mabwysiadodd mabwysiadasom mabwysiadasoch mabwysiadasant mabwysiadwyd
pluperfect mabwysiadaswn mabwysiadasit mabwysiadasai mabwysiadasem mabwysiadasech mabwysiadasent mabwysiadasid, mabwysiadesid
present subjunctive mabwysiadwyf mabwysiedych mabwysiado mabwysiadom mabwysiadoch mabwysiadont mabwysiader
imperative mabwysiada mabwysiaded mabwysiadwn mabwysiedwch, mabwysiadwch mabwysiadent mabwysiader
verbal noun mabwysiadu
verbal adjectives mabwysiadedig
mabwysiadadwy
Conjugation (colloquial)
inflected
colloquial forms
singular plural
first second third first second third
future mabwysiada i,
mabwysiadaf i
mabwysiadi di mabwysiadith o/e/hi,
mabwysiadiff e/hi
mabwysiadwn ni mabwysiadwch chi mabwysiadan nhw
conditional mabwysiadwn i,
mabwysiadswn i
mabwysiadet ti,
mabwysiadset ti
mabwysiadai fo/fe/hi,
mabwysiadsai fo/fe/hi
mabwysiaden ni,
mabwysiadsen ni
mabwysiadech chi,
mabwysiadsech chi
mabwysiaden nhw,
mabwysiadsen nhw
preterite mabwysiadais i,
mabwysiades i
mabwysiadaist ti,
mabwysiadest ti
mabwysiadodd o/e/hi mabwysiadon ni mabwysiadoch chi mabwysiadon nhw
imperative mabwysiada mabwysiadwch

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

Mutation

Mutated forms of mabwysiadu
radical soft nasal aspirate
mabwysiadu fabwysiadu unchanged unchanged

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

Further reading

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