trafod

Welsh

Etymology

tra- (“beyond, very”) +‎ bod (“to be”). Alternatively, from traf- (“alternative form of tra”) +‎ odi (“to throw, hurl”).[1]

Pronunciation

Verb

trafod (first-person singular present trafodaf)

  1. to discuss
  2. to negotiate
    Synonym: negodi

Conjugation

Conjugation (literary)
singular plural impersonal
first second third first second third
present indicative/future trafodaf trafodi trafoda trafodwn trafodwch trafodant trafodir
imperfect (indicative/subjunctive)/
conditional 		trafodwn trafodit trafodai trafodem trafodech trafodent trafodid
preterite trafodais trafodaist trafododd trafodasom trafodasoch trafodasant trafodwyd
pluperfect trafodaswn trafodasit trafodasai trafodasem trafodasech trafodasent trafodasid, trafodesid
present subjunctive trafodwyf trafodych trafodo trafodom trafodoch trafodont trafoder
imperative — trafoda trafoded trafodwn trafodwch trafodent trafoder
verbal noun trafod
verbal adjectives trafodedig
trafodadwy
Conjugation (colloquial)
inflected
colloquial forms 		singular plural
first second third first second third
future trafoda i,
trafodaf i 		trafodi di trafodith o/e/hi,
trafodiff e/hi 		trafodwn ni trafodwch chi trafodan nhw
conditional trafodwn i,
trafodswn i 		trafodet ti,
trafodset ti 		trafodai fo/fe/hi,
trafodsai fo/fe/hi 		trafoden ni,
trafodsen ni 		trafodech chi,
trafodsech chi 		trafoden nhw,
trafodsen nhw
preterite trafodais i,
trafodes i 		trafodaist ti,
trafodest ti 		trafododd o/e/hi trafodon ni trafodoch chi trafodon nhw
imperative — trafoda — — trafodwch —

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

Derived terms

  • cyd-drafod (“to negotiate”)
  • trafodaeth (“discussion, negotiation; symposium, colloquy”)

Noun

trafod m or f (plural trafodion or trafodau)

  1. labor, pains, trouble, commotion, battle
  2. movement
  3. action, behavior
  4. a handling
  5. discussion, negotiation
  6. commerce, trade, business
    1. (in the plural) (business) transactions
  7. (in the plural) transactions (of learned society, etc.)

Derived terms

Mutation

Mutated forms of trafod
radical soft nasal aspirate
trafod drafod nhrafod thrafod

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

References

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