uwchraddio
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Welsh[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From uwch- (“super-, over-”) + graddio (“to grade, to graduate”).
Pronunciation[edit]
- (North Wales) IPA(key): /ɨ̞u̯χˈraðjɔ/
- (South Wales) IPA(key): /ɪu̯χˈraðjɔ/
Verb[edit]
uwchraddio (first-person singular present uwchraddiaf)
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Conjugation[edit]
Conjugation (literary)
| singular | plural | impersonal | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| first | second | third | first | second | third | |||
| present indicative/future | uwchraddiaf | uwchreddi | uwchraddia | uwchraddiwn | uwchreddiwch, uwchraddiwch | uwchraddiant | uwchreddir | |
| imperfect (indicative/subjunctive)/conditional | uwchraddiwn | uwchreddit | uwchraddiai | uwchraddiem | uwchraddiech | uwchraddient | uwchreddid | |
| preterite | uwchreddiais | uwchreddiaist | uwchraddiodd | uwchraddiasom | uwchraddiasoch | uwchraddiasant | uwchraddiwyd | |
| pluperfect | uwchraddiaswn | uwchraddiasit | uwchraddiasai | uwchraddiasem | uwchraddiasech | uwchraddiasent | uwchraddiasid, uwchraddiesid | |
| present subjunctive | uwchraddiwyf | uwchreddiech | uwchraddio | uwchraddiom | uwchraddioch | uwchraddiont | uwchraddier | |
| imperative | — | uwchraddia | uwchraddied | uwchraddiwn | uwchreddiwch, uwchraddiwch | uwchraddient | uwchraddier | |
| verbal noun | uwchraddio | |||||||
| verbal adjectives | uwchraddiedig uwchraddiadwy | |||||||
Conjugation (colloquial)
| Inflected colloquial forms | singular | plural | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| first | second | third | first | second | third | |
| future | uwchraddia i, uwchraddiaf i | uwchraddi di | uwchraddith o/e/hi, uwchraddiff e/hi | uwchraddiwn ni | uwchraddiwch chi | uwchraddian nhw |
| conditional | uwchraddiwn i, uwchraddswn i | uwchraddiet ti, uwchraddset ti | uwchraddiai fo/fe/hi, uwchraddsai fo/fe/hi | uwchraddien ni, uwchraddsen ni | uwchraddiech chi, uwchraddsech chi | uwchraddien nhw, uwchraddsen nhw |
| preterite | uwchraddiais i, uwchraddies i | uwchraddiaist ti, uwchraddiest ti | uwchraddiodd o/e/hi | uwchraddion ni | uwchraddioch chi | uwchraddion nhw |
| imperative | — | uwchraddia | — | — | uwchraddiwch | — |
| Note: All other forms are periphrastic, as usual in colloquial Welsh. | ||||||
Mutation[edit]
| Welsh mutation | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| radical | soft | nasal | h-prothesis |
| uwchraddio | unchanged | unchanged | huwchraddio |
| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. | |||
Further reading[edit]
- R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke et al., editors (1950–present), “uwchraddio”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies