lladd

Welsh

Etymology

From Proto-Brythonic *llað, from Proto-Celtic *sladyā, verbal noun of *sladyeti.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ɬaːð/
  • Rhymes: -aːð

Verb

lladd (first-person singular present lladdaf)

  1. to kill, murder
  2. to slaughter

Conjugation
Conjugation (literary)
singular plural impersonal
first second third first second third
present indicative/future lladdaf lleddi lladd lladdwn lleddwch, lladdwch lladdant lleddir
imperfect (indicative/subjunctive)/
conditional		 lladdwn lladdit lladdai lladdem lladdech lladdent lleddid
preterite lleddais lleddaist lladdodd lladdasom lladdasoch lladdasant lladdwyd
pluperfect lladdaswn lladdasit lladdasai lladdasem lladdasech lladdasent lladdasid, lladdesid
present subjunctive lladdwyf lleddych lladdo lladdom lladdoch lladdont lladder
imperative — lladd lladded lladdwn lleddwch lladdent lladder
verbal noun lladd
verbal adjectives lladdedig
lladdadwy
Conjugation (colloquial)
Inflected colloquial forms singular plural
first second third first second third
future lladda i, lladdaf i lladdi di lladdith o/e/hi, lladdiff e/hi lladdwn ni lladdwch chi lladdan nhw
conditional lladdwn i, lladdswn i lladdet ti, lladdset ti lladdai fo/fe/hi, lladdsai fo/fe/hi lladden ni, lladdsen ni lladdech chi, lladdsech chi lladden nhw, lladdsen nhw
preterite lladdais i, lladdes i lladdaist ti, lladdest ti lladdodd o/e/hi lladdon ni lladdoch chi lladdon nhw
imperative — lladda — — lladdwch —
Note: All other forms are periphrastic, as usual in colloquial Welsh.

Derived terms

Mutation
Welsh mutation
radical soft nasal aspirate
lladd ladd unchanged unchanged
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

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