lladd

Welsh

Etymology

From Proto-Brythonic *llað, from Proto-Celtic *sladyā, verbal noun of *sladyeti.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ɬaːð/
  • Rhymes: -aːð

Verb

lladd (first-person singular present lladdaf)

  1. to kill, murder
  2. to slaughter

Conjugation

Conjugation (literary)
singular plural impersonal
first second third first second third
present indicative/future lladdaf lleddi lladd lladdwn lleddwch, lladdwch lladdant lleddir
imperfect (indicative/subjunctive)/
conditional
lladdwn lladdit lladdai lladdem lladdech lladdent lleddid
preterite lleddais lleddaist lladdodd lladdasom lladdasoch lladdasant lladdwyd
pluperfect lladdaswn lladdasit lladdasai lladdasem lladdasech lladdasent lladdasid, lladdesid
present subjunctive lladdwyf lleddych lladdo lladdom lladdoch lladdont lladder
imperative lladd lladded lladdwn lleddwch lladdent lladder
verbal noun lladd
verbal adjectives lladdedig
lladdadwy
Conjugation (colloquial)
inflected
colloquial forms
singular plural
first second third first second third
future lladda i,
lladdaf i
lladdi di lladdith o/e/hi,
lladdiff e/hi
lladdwn ni lladdwch chi lladdan nhw
conditional lladdwn i,
lladdswn i
lladdet ti,
lladdset ti
lladdai fo/fe/hi,
lladdsai fo/fe/hi
lladden ni,
lladdsen ni
lladdech chi,
lladdsech chi
lladden nhw,
lladdsen nhw
preterite lladdais i,
lladdes i
lladdaist ti,
lladdest ti
lladdodd o/e/hi lladdon ni lladdoch chi lladdon nhw
imperative lladda lladdwch

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

Derived terms

Mutation

Mutated forms of lladd
radical soft nasal aspirate
lladd ladd unchanged unchanged

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

Further reading

  • R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke et al., editors (1950–present), “lladd”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies