noddi

Welsh

Etymology

From from Proto-Brythonic *nọðid, from Proto-Celtic *snādīti (to protect), By surface analysis, nawdd (patronage, sponsorship) +‎ -i

Pronunciation

Verb

noddi (first-person singular present noddaf, not mutable)

  1. to sponsor, to act as patron, to support
    Synonym: nawddogi

Conjugation

Conjugation (literary)
singular plural impersonal
first second third first second third
present indicative/future noddaf noddi nawdd, nodda noddwn noddwch noddant noddir
imperfect (indicative/subjunctive)/
conditional
noddwn noddit noddai noddem noddech noddent noddid
preterite noddais noddaist noddodd noddasom noddasoch noddasant noddwyd
pluperfect noddaswn noddasit noddasai noddasem noddasech noddasent noddasid, noddesid
present subjunctive noddwyf noddych noddo noddom noddoch noddont nodder
imperative nodda nodded noddwn noddwch noddent nodder
verbal noun noddi
verbal adjectives noddedig
noddadwy
Conjugation (colloquial)
inflected
colloquial forms
singular plural
first second third first second third
future nodda i,
noddaf i
noddi di noddith o/e/hi,
noddiff e/hi
noddwn ni noddwch chi noddan nhw
conditional noddwn i,
noddswn i
noddet ti,
noddset ti
noddai fo/fe/hi,
noddsai fo/fe/hi
nodden ni,
noddsen ni
noddech chi,
noddsech chi
nodden nhw,
noddsen nhw
preterite noddais i,
noddes i
noddaist ti,
noddest ti
noddodd o/e/hi noddon ni noddoch chi noddon nhw
imperative nodda noddwch

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

Derived terms

  • noddwr (patron, sponsor)

Further reading

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