cyrraedd

Welsh

Etymology

From Middle Welsh kyrhaeð, from Proto-Celtic *kom- + *ɸro-sagyeti (compare Old Irish ro·saig (“to reach”)). By surface analysis, cyr- +‎ haedd(u) (“strive for, obtain”).

Pronunciation

• (North Wales, standard) IPA^(key): /ˈkəraɨ̯ð/
  • (North Wales, colloquial) /ˈkərɛð/, /ˈkərað/
• (South Wales, standard) IPA^(key): /ˈkərai̯ð/
  • (South Wales, colloquial) /ˈkərað/, /ˈkərɛð/
• Rhymes: -əraɨ̯ð

Verb

cyrraedd (first-person singular present cyrhaeddaf)

1. (transitive, intransitive) to arrive (at)

Conjugation

Conjugation (literary)

	singular			plural			impersonal
	first	second	third	first	second	third
present indicative/future	cyrhaeddaf	cyrhaeddi	cyrraedd, cyrhaedda, cyrraidd	cyrhaeddwn	cyrhaeddwch	cyrhaeddant	cyrhaeddir
imperfect (indicative/subjunctive)/ conditional	cyrhaeddwn	cyrhaeddit	cyrhaeddai	cyrhaeddem	cyrhaeddech	cyrhaeddent	cyrhaeddid
preterite	cyrhaeddais	cyrhaeddaist	cyrhaeddodd	cyraeddasom	cyraeddasoch	cyraeddasant	cyrhaeddwyd
pluperfect	cyraeddaswn	cyraeddasit	cyraeddasai	cyraeddasem	cyraeddasech	cyraeddasent	cyraeddasid, cyraeddesid
present subjunctive	cyrhaeddwyf	cyrhaeddych	cyrhaeddo	cyrhaeddom	cyrhaeddoch	cyrhaeddont	cyrhaedder
imperative	—	cyrraedd	cyrhaedded	cyrhaeddwn	cyrhaeddwch	cyrhaeddent	cyrhaedder
verbal noun	cyrraedd
verbal adjectives	cyraeddedig cyraeddadwy

Conjugation (colloquial)

Inflected colloquial forms	singular			plural
	first	second	third	first	second	third
future	cyrhaedda i, cyrhaeddaf i	cyrhaeddi di	cyrhaeddith o/e/hi, cyrhaeddiff e/hi	cyrhaeddwn ni	cyrhaeddwch chi	cyrhaeddan nhw
conditional	cyrhaeddwn i, cyrhaeddswn i	cyrhaeddet ti, cyrhaeddset ti	cyrhaeddai fo/fe/hi, cyrhaeddsai fo/fe/hi	cyrhaedden ni, cyrhaeddsen ni	cyrhaeddech chi, cyrhaeddsech chi	cyrhaedden nhw, cyrhaeddsen nhw
preterite	cyrhaeddais i, cyrhaeddes i	cyrhaeddaist ti, cyrhaeddest ti	cyrhaeddodd o/e/hi	cyrhaeddon ni	cyrhaeddoch chi	cyrhaeddon nhw
imperative	—	cyrhaedda	—	—	cyrhaeddwch	—
Note: All other forms are periphrastic, as usual in colloquial Welsh.

Related terms

• haeddu (“to deserve”)

Mutation

Welsh mutation
radical	soft	nasal	aspirate
cyrraedd	gyrraedd	nghyrraedd	chyrraedd
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.