noddi
Welsh
editEtymology
editFrom nawdd (“patronage, sponsorship”) + -i
Pronunciation
edit- (North Wales) IPA(key): /ˈnɔðɪ/
- (South Wales) IPA(key): /ˈnoːði/, /ˈnɔði/
Verb
editnoddi (first-person singular present noddaf, not mutable)
Conjugation
editConjugation (literary)
singular | plural | impersonal | ||||||
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first | second | third | first | second | third | |||
present indicative/future | noddaf | noddi | nawdd, nodda | noddwn | noddwch | noddant | noddir | |
imperfect (indicative/subjunctive)/ conditional |
noddwn | noddit | noddai | noddem | noddech | noddent | noddid | |
preterite | noddais | noddaist | noddodd | noddasom | noddasoch | noddasant | noddwyd | |
pluperfect | noddaswn | noddasit | noddasai | noddasem | noddasech | noddasent | noddasid, noddesid | |
present subjunctive | noddwyf | noddych | noddo | noddom | noddoch | noddont | nodder | |
imperative | — | nodda | nodded | noddwn | noddwch | noddent | nodder | |
verbal noun | noddi | |||||||
verbal adjectives | noddedig noddadwy |
Conjugation (colloquial)
Inflected colloquial forms | singular | plural | ||||
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first | second | third | first | second | third | |
future | nodda i, noddaf i | noddi di | noddith o/e/hi, noddiff e/hi | noddwn ni | noddwch chi | noddan nhw |
conditional | noddwn i, noddswn i | noddet ti, noddset ti | noddai fo/fe/hi, noddsai fo/fe/hi | nodden ni, noddsen ni | noddech chi, noddsech chi | nodden nhw, noddsen nhw |
preterite | noddais i, noddes i | noddaist ti, noddest ti | noddodd o/e/hi | noddon ni | noddoch chi | noddon nhw |
imperative | — | nodda | — | — | noddwch | — |
Note: All other forms are periphrastic, as usual in colloquial Welsh. |
Derived terms
edit- noddwr (“patron, sponsor”)
Further reading
edit- R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke et al., editors (1950–present), “noddi”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies