camweinyddu

Welsh

Etymology

From cam- (“mis-”) +‎ gweinyddu (“to serve, to minister”).

Pronunciation

Verb

camweinyddu (first-person singular present camweinyddaf)

  1. to maladminister, to misadminister
    Antonym: adweinyddu

Conjugation

Conjugation (literary)
singular plural impersonal
first second third first second third
present indicative/future camweinyddaf camweinyddi camweinydda camweinyddwn camweinyddwch camweinyddant camweinyddir
imperfect (indicative/subjunctive)/
conditional 		camweinyddwn camweinyddit camweinyddai camweinyddem camweinyddech camweinyddent camweinyddid
preterite camweinyddais camweinyddaist camweinyddodd camweinyddasom camweinyddasoch camweinyddasant camweinyddwyd
pluperfect camweinyddaswn camweinyddasit camweinyddasai camweinyddasem camweinyddasech camweinyddasent camweinyddasid, camweinyddesid
present subjunctive camweinyddwyf camweinyddych camweinyddo camweinyddom camweinyddoch camweinyddont camweinydder
imperative — camweinydda camweinydded camweinyddwn camweinyddwch camweinyddent camweinydder
verbal noun camweinyddu
verbal adjectives camweinyddedig
camweinyddadwy
Conjugation (colloquial)
inflected
colloquial forms 		singular plural
first second third first second third
future camweinydda i,
camweinyddaf i 		camweinyddi di camweinyddith o/e/hi,
camweinyddiff e/hi 		camweinyddwn ni camweinyddwch chi camweinyddan nhw
conditional camweinyddwn i,
camweinyddswn i 		camweinyddet ti,
camweinyddset ti 		camweinyddai fo/fe/hi,
camweinyddsai fo/fe/hi 		camweinydden ni,
camweinyddsen ni 		camweinyddech chi,
camweinyddsech chi 		camweinydden nhw,
camweinyddsen nhw
preterite camweinyddais i,
camweinyddes i 		camweinyddaist ti,
camweinyddest ti 		camweinyddodd o/e/hi camweinyddon ni camweinyddoch chi camweinyddon nhw
imperative — camweinydda — — camweinyddwch —

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

Noun

camweinyddu m (uncountable)

  1. maladministration, misadministration
    • 2002 March 19, The Local Government (Best Value Performance Indicators) (Wales) Order 2002:
      Nifer y cwynion i Ombudsmon a ddosbarthwyd fel camweinyddu.
      The number of complaints to an Ombudsman classified as maladministration.
    • 1878 September 20, “Llanbrynmair ac Achos yr Ysgol”, in Y Celt‎[1]:
      O bosibl na bydd i'r camwri, y camliwio, y camesbonio, y camweinyddu, a'r camweith- redu, y bydd hyn, meddwn, yn wrthfachau yn nghydwybodau rhai pan ar eu gwely angeu [sic]…
      It is possible that the injustice, the misrepresentation, the misinterpretation, the maladministration, and the malpractice, that this, I say, will be adversaries in the consciences of some when on their deathbed…

Mutation

Mutated forms of camweinyddu
radical soft nasal aspirate
camweinyddu gamweinyddu nghamweinyddu chamweinyddu

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

References

  • Griffiths, Bruce, Glyn Jones, Dafydd (1995) Geiriadur yr Academi: The Welsh Academy English–Welsh Dictionary‎[2], Cardiff: University of Wales Press, →ISBN
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