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 cuddia 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 — 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

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

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)
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