buddsoddi

buddsoddi

Welsh

Etymology

From budd (“profit, wealth”) +‎ soddi (“to submerge, sink”).[1]

Pronunciation

• (North Wales) IPA^(key): /bɨ̞ðˈsɔðɪ/
• (South Wales) IPA^(key): /bɪðˈsoːði/, /bɪðˈsɔði/

Verb

buddsoddi (first-person singular present buddsoddaf)

1. to invest
   • 2013 June 23, “Llafur yn methu addo dadwneud toriadau”, in BBC Cymru Fyw‎:

     Ond mae'n dweud byddai ei blaid yn benthyg er mwyn buddsoddi mewn prosiectau fel adeiladu ffyrdd os fydden nhw'n ennill mwyafrif yn etholiad 2015.

     But he says that his party would borrow in order to invest in projects such as building roads if they won a majority in the 2015 election.

Conjugation

Conjugation (literary)

	singular			plural			impersonal
	first	second	third	first	second	third
present indicative/future	buddsoddaf	buddsoddi	buddsodda	buddsoddwn	buddsoddwch	buddsoddant	buddsoddir
imperfect (indicative/subjunctive)/ conditional	buddsoddwn	buddsoddit	buddsoddai	buddsoddem	buddsoddech	buddsoddent	buddsoddid
preterite	buddsoddais	buddsoddaist	buddsoddodd	buddsoddasom	buddsoddasoch	buddsoddasant	buddsoddwyd
pluperfect	buddsoddaswn	buddsoddasit	buddsoddasai	buddsoddasem	buddsoddasech	buddsoddasent	buddsoddasid, buddsoddesid
present subjunctive	buddsoddwyf	buddsoddych	buddsoddo	buddsoddom	buddsoddoch	buddsoddont	buddsodder
imperative	—	buddsodda	buddsodded	buddsoddwn	buddsoddwch	buddsoddent	buddsodder
verbal noun	buddsoddi
verbal adjectives	buddsoddedig buddsoddadwy

Conjugation (colloquial)

Inflected colloquial forms	singular			plural
	first	second	third	first	second	third
future	buddsodda i, buddsoddaf i	buddsoddi di	buddsoddith o/e/hi, buddsoddiff e/hi	buddsoddwn ni	buddsoddwch chi	buddsoddan nhw
conditional	buddsoddwn i, buddsoddswn i	buddsoddet ti, buddsoddset ti	buddsoddai fo/fe/hi, buddsoddsai fo/fe/hi	buddsodden ni, buddsoddsen ni	buddsoddech chi, buddsoddsech chi	buddsodden nhw, buddsoddsen nhw
preterite	buddsoddais i, buddsoddes i	buddsoddaist ti, buddsoddest ti	buddsoddodd o/e/hi	buddsoddon ni	buddsoddoch chi	buddsoddon nhw
imperative	—	buddsodda	—	—	buddsoddwch	—
Note: All other forms are periphrastic, as usual in colloquial Welsh.

Derived terms

• buddsoddiad (“investment”)
• buddsoddwr (“investor”)

Mutation

Welsh mutation
radical	soft	nasal	aspirate
buddsoddi	fuddsoddi	muddsoddi	unchanged
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), “buddsoddi”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies