rhyddfreinio

Welsh

Etymology

From rhyddfraint (freedom, franchise, privilege) +‎ -io (verb-forming suffix) or rhydd (free) +‎ breinio (to grant, to privilege).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /r̥əðˈvrei̯njɔ/

Verb

rhyddfreinio (first-person singular present rhyddfreiniaf)

  1. to enfranchise (to grant a privilege or right)
  2. to emancipate, to manumit

Conjugation

Conjugation (colloquial)
inflected
colloquial forms
singular plural
first second third first second third
future rhyddfreinia i,
rhyddfreiniaf i
rhyddfreini di rhyddfreinith o/e/hi,
rhyddfreiniff e/hi
rhyddfreiniwn ni rhyddfreiniwch chi rhyddfreinian nhw
conditional rhyddfreiniwn i,
rhyddfreinswn i
rhyddfreiniet ti,
rhyddfreinset ti
rhyddfreiniai fo/fe/hi,
rhyddfreinsai fo/fe/hi
rhyddfreinien ni,
rhyddfreinsen ni
rhyddfreiniech chi,
rhyddfreinsech chi
rhyddfreinien nhw,
rhyddfreinsen nhw
preterite rhyddfreiniais i,
rhyddfreinies i
rhyddfreiniaist ti,
rhyddfreiniest ti
rhyddfreiniodd o/e/hi rhyddfreinion ni rhyddfreinioch chi rhyddfreinion nhw
imperative rhyddfreinia rhyddfreiniwch

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

Derived terms

Mutation

Mutated forms of rhyddfreinio
radical soft nasal aspirate
rhyddfreinio ryddfreinio 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), “rhyddfreinio”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies