hadu
Old High German
Etymology
From Proto-Germanic *haþuz (“battle, fight”).
Noun
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- battle
Descendants
- German: Hader, hadern
Welsh
Alternative forms
- hadaff
Etymology
From the same root as the noun had (“seed”). Cognate with Middle Breton hadaff and Breton hadañ.
Pronunciation
- (North Wales) IPA(key): /ˈhadɨ̞/
- (South Wales) IPA(key): /ˈhaːdi/, /ˈhadi/
Verb
hadu (first-person singular present hadaf)
- to bring forth or produce seed, grow seed, multiply, become fruitful
- to sprout into ears, run to seed
- to sow, propagate
- to beget, procreate
Conjugation
Conjugation (literary)
| singular | plural | impersonal | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| first | second | third | first | second | third | |||
| present indicative/future | hadaf | hadi | hada | hadwn | hadwch | hadant | hadir | |
| imperfect (indicative/subjunctive)/ conditional | hadwn | hadit | hadai | hadem | hadech | hadent | hadid | |
| preterite | hadais | hadaist | hadodd | hadasom | hadasoch | hadasant | hadwyd | |
| pluperfect | hadaswn | hadasit | hadasai | hadasem | hadasech | hadasent | hadasid, hadesid | |
| present subjunctive | hadwyf | hadych | hado | hadom | hadoch | hadont | hader | |
| imperative | — | hada | haded | hadwn | hadwch | hadent | hader | |
| verbal noun | hadu | |||||||
| verbal adjectives | — | |||||||
Further reading
- Angharad Fychan and Ann Parry Owen, editors (2014), “hadaf”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies