cuddio

cuddio

Welsh

Etymology

From Proto-Celtic *koudeti, from Proto-Indo-European *(s)kewdʰ- (“to cover, wrap, encase”),[1][2] +‎ -io (forming verbnouns). Cognate with Cornish cuthe, Breton cuzaff, English hide, Latin custōs, Ancient Greek κεύθω (keúthō, “to conceal”), Sanskrit कुहरम् (kuharam, “cave”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkɪðjɔ/

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• Rhymes: -ɪðjɔ

Usage notes

• Despite being written with u, the first vowel here is /ɪ/ in all parts of Wales.

Verb

cuddio (first-person singular present cuddaf)

1. to hide

Conjugation

Conjugation (literary)

	singular			plural			impersonal
	first	second	third	first	second	third
present indicative/future	cuddiaf	cuddi	cuddi	cuddiwn	cuddiwch	cuddiant	cuddir
imperfect (indicative/subjunctive)/conditional	cuddiwn	cuddit	cuddiai	cuddiem	cuddiech	cuddient	cuddid
preterite	cuddiais	cuddiaist	cuddiodd	cuddiasom	cuddiasoch	cuddiasant	cuddiwyd
pluperfect	cuddiaswn	cuddiasit	cuddiasai	cuddiasem	cuddiasech	cuddiasent	cuddiasid, cuddiesid
present subjunctive	cuddiwyf	cuddiech	cuddio	cuddiom	cuddioch	cuddiont	cuddier
imperative	—	cuddi, cuddia	cuddied	cuddiwn	cuddiwch	cuddient	cuddier
verbal noun	cuddio
verbal adjectives	cuddiedig cuddiadwy

Conjugation (colloquial)

Inflected colloquial forms	singular			plural
	first	second	third	first	second	third
future	cudda i, cuddaf i	cuddi di	cuddith o/e/hi, cuddiff e/hi	cuddwn ni	cuddwch chi	cuddan nhw
conditional	cuddwn i, cuddswn i	cuddet ti, cuddset ti	cuddai fo/fe/hi, cuddsai fo/fe/hi	cudden ni, cuddsen ni	cuddech chi, cuddsech chi	cudden nhw, cuddsen nhw
preterite	cuddais i, cuddes i	cuddaist ti, cuddest ti	cuddodd o/e/hi	cuddon ni	cuddoch chi	cuddon nhw
imperative	—	cudda	—	—	cuddwch	—
Note: All other forms are periphrastic, as usual in colloquial Welsh.

Synonyms

• celu
• cwato
• llechu
• swatio

Derived terms

• cuddiad m (“hiding, concealment”)
• datguddio (“reveal”, verb)
• gorchuddio (“cover, conceal”, verb)

Related terms

• cudd (“hidden”)

Mutation

Welsh mutation
radical	soft	nasal	aspirate
cuddio	guddio	nghuddio	chuddio
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References

1. R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke et al., editors (1950–present), “cuddio”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies
2. Morris Jones, John (1913) A Welsh Grammar, Historical and Comparative, Oxford: Clarendon Press, § 76 ii (1)