dadlau

Welsh

Etymology

From dadl (debate, argument).

Pronunciation

Verb

dadlau (first-person singular present dadleuaf)

  1. to argue, to debate, to reason
    Synonym: ymresymu
  2. to quarrel, to bicker
    Synonym: cweryla

Conjugation

Conjugation (literary)
singular plural impersonal
first second third first second third
present indicative/future dadleuaf dadleui dadleua dadleuwn dadleuwch dadleuant dadleuir
imperfect (indicative/subjunctive)/
conditional
dadleuwn dadleuit dadleuai dadleuem dadleuech dadleuent dadleuid
preterite dadleuais dadleuaist dadleuodd dadleuasom dadleuasoch dadleuasant dadleuwyd
pluperfect dadleuaswn dadleuasit dadleuasai dadleuasem dadleuasech dadleuasent dadleuasid, dadleuesid
present subjunctive dadleuwyf dadleuych dadleuo dadleuom dadleuoch dadleuont dadleuer
imperative dadleua dadleued dadleuwn dadleuwch dadleuent dadleuer
verbal noun dadlau
verbal adjectives dadleuedig
dadleuadwy
Conjugation (colloquial)
inflected
colloquial forms
singular plural
first second third first second third
future dadleua i,
dadleuaf i
dadleui di dadleuith o/e/hi,
dadleuiff e/hi
dadleuwn ni dadleuwch chi dadleuan nhw
conditional dadleuwn i,
dadleuswn i
dadleuet ti,
dadleuset ti
dadleuai fo/fe/hi,
dadleusai fo/fe/hi
dadleuen ni,
dadleusen ni
dadleuech chi,
dadleusech chi
dadleuen nhw,
dadleusen nhw
preterite dadleuais i,
dadleues i
dadleuaist ti,
dadleuest ti
dadleuodd o/e/hi dadleuon ni dadleuoch chi dadleuon nhw
imperative dadleua dadleuwch

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

Derived terms

  • dadleuol (debatable, controversial)

Mutation

Mutated forms of dadlau
radical soft nasal aspirate
dadlau ddadlau nadlau unchanged

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