hedeg

Welsh

Alternative forms

  • ehedeg

Etymology

Inherited from Middle Welsh ehetec. Ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *pet-. Cognate with Latin petō (to beg; to aim at), Ancient Greek πέτομαι (pétomai, to fly), Welsh adar (bird) and Welsh edn (flying creature).

Pronunciation

  • (North Wales, standard, colloquial) IPA(key): /ˈhɛdɛɡ/
  • (South Wales) IPA(key): /ˈheːdɛɡ/, /ˈhɛdɛɡ/
  • Rhymes: -eːdɛɡ

Verb

hedeg (first-person singular present hedaf, not mutable)

  1. (North Wales) to fly
    Synonyms: (all Wales) hedfan, (North Wales) fflio

Conjugation

Conjugation (literary)
singular plural impersonal
first second third first second third
present indicative/future hedaf hedi hed hedwn hedwch hedant hedir
imperfect (indicative/subjunctive)/
conditional
hedwn hedit hedai hedem hedech hedent hedid
preterite hedais hedaist hedodd hedasom hedasoch hedasant hedwyd
pluperfect hedaswn hedasit hedasai hedasem hedasech hedasent hedasid, hedesid
present subjunctive hedwyf hedych hedo hedom hedoch hedont heder
imperative hed heded hedwn hedwch hedent heder
verbal noun hedeg
verbal adjectives hededig
hedadwy
Conjugation (colloquial)
inflected
colloquial forms
singular plural
first second third first second third
future heda i,
hedaf i
hedi di hedith o/e/hi,
hediff e/hi
hedwn ni hedwch chi hedan nhw
conditional hedwn i,
hedswn i
hedet ti,
hedset ti
hedai fo/fe/hi,
hedsai fo/fe/hi
heden ni,
hedsen ni
hedech chi,
hedsech chi
heden nhw,
hedsen nhw
preterite hedais i,
hedes i
hedaist ti,
hedest ti
hedodd o/e/hi hedon ni hedoch chi hedon nhw
imperative heda hedwch

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

Derived terms

Mutation

Mutated forms of hedeg
radical soft nasal aspirate
hedeg unchanged unchanged unchanged

Further reading

  • D. G. Lewis, N. Lewis, editors (2005–present), “hedeg”, in Gweiadur: the Welsh–English Dictionary, Gwerin
  • R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke et al., editors (1950–present), “hedeg”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies