gadael

Welsh

Etymology

Ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰeh₁- (“to leave behind, abandon”);[1] compare Sanskrit जहाति (jahāti, “to desert, leave, resign”), Ancient Greek χήρα (khḗra, “widow”) and Latin hērēs (“heir”).

Pronunciation
  • (North Wales, standard) IPA(key): /ˈɡadaɨ̯l/
    • (North Wales, colloquial) IPA(key): /ˈɡadɛl/, /ˈɡadal/
  • (South Wales, standard) IPA(key): /ˈɡaːdai̯l/, /ˈɡadai̯l/
    • (South Wales, colloquial) IPA(key): /ˈɡaːdɛl/, /ˈɡadɛl/
  • Rhymes: -adaɨ̯l

Verb

gadael (first-person singular present gadawaf)

  1. (intransitive) to leave, to depart
    Synonym: mynd i ffwrdd
  2. (intransitive) to leave, to exit, to go out
    Synonym: mynd allan
  3. (transitive) to leave, to abandon, to leave behind
  4. (intransitive) to quit
  5. (transitive) to let, to allow
  6. (transitive, with preposition i) to leave, to bequeath

Conjugation
Conjugation (literary)
singular plural impersonal
first second third first second third
present indicative/future gadawaf gadewi gedy gadawn gadewch gadawant gadewir
imperfect (indicative/subjunctive)/conditional gadawn gadawit gadawai gadawem gadawech gadawent gadewid
preterite gadewais gadewaist gadawodd gadawsom gadawsoch gadawsant gadawyd
pluperfect gadawswn gadawsit gadawsai gadawsem gadawsech gadawsent gadawsid, gadewsid
present subjunctive gadawyf gadewych gadawo gadawom gadawoch gadawont gadawer
imperative — gad gadawed gadawn gadewch gadawent gadawer
verbal noun gadael
verbal adjectives gadawedig
gadawadwy
Conjugation (colloquial)
Inflected colloquial forms singular plural
first second third first second third
future gadawa i, gadawaf i gadawi di gadawith o/e/hi, gadawiff e/hi gadawn ni gadawch chi gadawan nhw
conditional gadawn i, gadawswn i gadawet ti, gadawset ti gadawai fo/fe/hi, gadawsai fo/fe/hi gadawen ni, gadawsen ni gadawech chi, gadawsech chi gadawen nhw, gadawsen nhw
preterite gadawais i, gadawes i gadawaist ti, gadawest ti gadawodd o/e/hi gadawon ni gadawoch chi gadawon nhw
imperative — gadawa — — gadawch —
Note: All other forms are periphrastic, as usual in colloquial Welsh.
  • Alternative third-person singular subjunctive: gato

Mutation
Welsh mutation
radical soft nasal aspirate
gadael adael ngadael unchanged
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References
  • R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke et al., editors (1950–present), “gadael”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies
  1. Morris Jones, John (1913) A Welsh Grammar, Historical and Comparative, Oxford: Clarendon Press, § 201 ii (2)
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