gwaredu

Welsh

Alternative forms

Etymology

From gwared +‎ -u. From Middle Welsh gwaret, from Proto-Celtic *uɸoreteti (to help) (compare Old Irish fo·reith), a calque of Latin succurrō.

Pronunciation

Verb

gwaredu (first-person singular present gwaredaf)

  1. to rescue, to redeem, to ransom
  2. to discard, to dispose

Conjugation

Conjugation (literary)
singular plural impersonal
first second third first second third
present indicative/future gwaredaf gwaredi gweryd, gwareda gwaredwn gwaredwch gwaredant gwaredir
imperfect (indicative/subjunctive)/
conditional
gwaredwn gwaredit gwaredai gwaredem gwaredech gwaredent gwaredid
preterite gwaredais gwaredaist gwaredodd gwaredasom gwaredasoch gwaredasant gwaredwyd
pluperfect gwaredaswn gwaredasit gwaredasai gwaredasem gwaredasech gwaredasent gwaredasid, gwaredesid
present subjunctive gwaredwyf gwaredych gwaredo gwaredom gwaredoch gwaredont gwareder
imperative gwareda, gwareda gwareded gwaredwn gwaredwch gwaredent gwareder
verbal noun gwaredu
verbal adjectives gwarededig
gwaredadwy
Conjugation (colloquial)
inflected
colloquial forms
singular plural
first second third first second third
future gwareda i,
gwaredaf i
gwaredi di gwaredith o/e/hi,
gwarediff e/hi
gwaredwn ni gwaredwch chi gwaredan nhw
conditional gwaredwn i,
gwaredswn i
gwaredet ti,
gwaredset ti
gwaredai fo/fe/hi,
gwaredsai fo/fe/hi
gwareden ni,
gwaredsen ni
gwaredech chi,
gwaredsech chi
gwareden nhw,
gwaredsen nhw
preterite gwaredais i,
gwaredes i
gwaredaist ti,
gwaredest ti
gwaredodd o/e/hi gwaredon ni gwaredoch chi gwaredon nhw
imperative gwareda gwaredwch

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

Derived terms

  • gwarediad (redemption, deliverance)
  • gwaredol (redeeming, saving)
  • gwaredwr (redeemer, saviour)

Mutation

Mutated forms of gwaredu
radical soft nasal aspirate
gwaredu waredu ngwaredu unchanged

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