adrodd

Welsh

Alternative forms

• adroddi

Etymology

From ad- + Proto-Celtic *rādīti (compare Old Irish ráidid), from Proto-Indo-European *Hreh₁dʰ- (“to perform successfully”) (compare Sanskrit राध्नोति (rādhnoti), राध्यति (rādhyati, “to perform successfully”), Old Church Slavonic радити (raditi, “to take care of, work”), Gothic 𐍂𐍉𐌳𐌾𐌰𐌽 (rōdjan, “to talk”), Lithuanian rodýti (“to show”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈadrɔð/

Verb

adrodd (first-person singular present adroddaf)

1. to tell, narrate, relate (tell in a descriptive manner)
2. to recite (repeat aloud some passage)

Conjugation

Conjugation (literary)

	singular			plural			impersonal
	first	second	third	first	second	third
present indicative/future	adroddaf	adroddi	edrydd, adrodda	adroddwn	adroddwch	adroddant	adroddir
imperfect (indicative/subjunctive)/ conditional	adroddwn	adroddit	adroddai	adroddem	adroddech	adroddent	adroddid
preterite	adroddais	adroddaist	adroddodd	adroddasom	adroddasoch	adroddasant	adroddwyd
pluperfect	adroddaswn	adroddasit	adroddasai	adroddasem	adroddasech	adroddasent	adroddasid, adroddesid
present subjunctive	adroddwyf	adroddych	adroddo	adroddom	adroddoch	adroddont	adrodder
imperative	—	adrodd, adrodda	adrodded	adroddwn	adroddwch	adroddent	adrodder
verbal noun	adrodd
verbal adjectives	adroddedig adroddadwy

Conjugation (colloquial)

Inflected colloquial forms	singular			plural
	first	second	third	first	second	third
future	adrodda i, adroddaf i	adroddi di	adroddith o/e/hi, adroddiff e/hi	adroddwn ni	adroddwch chi	adroddan nhw
conditional	adroddwn i, adroddswn i	adroddet ti, adroddset ti	adroddai fo/fe/hi, adroddsai fo/fe/hi	adrodden ni, adroddsen ni	adroddech chi, adroddsech chi	adrodden nhw, adroddsen nhw
preterite	adroddais i, adroddes i	adroddaist ti, adroddest ti	adroddodd o/e/hi	adroddon ni	adroddoch chi	adroddon nhw
imperative	—	adrodda	—	—	adroddwch	—
Note: All other forms are periphrastic, as usual in colloquial Welsh.

Derived terms

• adroddiad (“report, account, recitation”)
• adroddwr (“reciter, narrator”)

Mutation

Welsh mutation
radical	soft	nasal	h-prothesis
adrodd	unchanged	unchanged	hadrodd
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

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