adlamu
Welsh
Etymology
From ad- + llamu (“to leap, to jump”).
Pronunciation
- (North Wales) IPA(key): /adˈlamɨ̞/
- (South Wales) IPA(key): /adˈlami/
Verb
adlamu (first-person singular present adlamaf)
- to rebound, to recoil, to ricochet
Conjugation
Conjugation (literary)
singular | plural | impersonal | ||||||
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first | second | third | first | second | third | |||
present indicative/future | adlamaf | adlemi | adlama | adlamwn | adlemwch, adlamwch | adlamant | adlemir | |
imperfect (indicative/subjunctive)/ conditional | adlamwn | adlamit | adlamai | adlamem | adlamech | adlament | adlemid | |
preterite | adlemais | adlemaist | adlamodd | adlamasom | adlamasoch | adlamasant | adlamwyd | |
pluperfect | adlamaswn | adlamasit | adlamasai | adlamasem | adlamasech | adlamasent | adlamasid, adlamesid | |
present subjunctive | adlamwyf | adlemych | adlamo | adlamom | adlamoch | adlamont | adlamer | |
imperative | — | adlama | adlamed | adlamwn | adlemwch, adlamwch | adlament | adlamer | |
verbal noun | adlamu | |||||||
verbal adjectives | adlamedig adlamadwy |
Conjugation (colloquial)
Inflected colloquial forms | singular | plural | ||||
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first | second | third | first | second | third | |
future | adlama i, adlamaf i | adlami di | adlamith o/e/hi, adlamiff e/hi | adlamwn ni | adlamwch chi | adlaman nhw |
conditional | adlamwn i, adlamswn i | adlamet ti, adlamset ti | adlamai fo/fe/hi, adlamsai fo/fe/hi | adlamen ni, adlamsen ni | adlamech chi, adlamsech chi | adlamen nhw, adlamsen nhw |
preterite | adlamais i, adlames i | adlamaist ti, adlamest ti | adlamodd o/e/hi | adlamon ni | adlamoch chi | adlamon nhw |
imperative | — | adlama | — | — | adlamwch | — |
Note: All other forms are periphrastic, as usual in colloquial Welsh. |
Mutation
Welsh mutation | |||
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radical | soft | nasal | h-prothesis |
adlamu | unchanged | unchanged | hadlamu |
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), “adlamu”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies