addasu

Welsh

Etymology

From addas (“suitable”) +‎ -u.

Pronunciation

• (North Wales) IPA^(key): /aˈðasɨ̞/
• (South Wales) IPA^(key): /aˈðasi/

Verb

addasu (first-person singular present addasaf)

1. to adapt, to adjust, to modify, to customise

Conjugation

Conjugation of addasu (literary)

	singular			plural			impersonal
	first	second	third	first	second	third
present indicative/future	addasaf	addesi	addasa	addaswn	addeswch, addaswch	addasant	addesir
imperfect (indicative/subjunctive)/ conditional	addaswn	addasit	addasai	addasem	addasech	addasent	addesid
preterite	addesais	addesaist	addasodd	addasasom	addasasoch	addasasant	addaswyd
pluperfect	addasaswn	addasasit	addasasai	addasasem	addasasech	addasasent	addasasid, addasesid
present subjunctive	addaswyf	addesych	addaso	addasom	addasoch	addasont	addaser
imperative	—	addasa	addased	addaswn	addeswch, addaswch	addasent	addaser
verbal noun	addasu
verbal adjectives	addasedig addasadwy

Conjugation of addasu (colloquial)

inflected colloquial forms	singular			plural
	first	second	third	first	second	third
future	addasa i, addasaf i	addasi di	addasith o/e/hi, addasiff e/hi	addaswn ni	addaswch chi	addasan nhw
conditional	addaswn i	addaset ti	addasai fo/fe/hi	addasen ni	addasech chi	addasen nhw
preterite	addasais i, addases i	addasaist ti, addasest ti	addasodd o/e/hi	addason ni	addasoch chi	addason nhw
imperative	—	addasa	—	—	addaswch	—

Note: All other forms are periphrastic, as usual in colloquial Welsh.

Derived terms

• addasiad (“adaptation”)

Mutation

Mutated forms of addasu

radical	soft	nasal	h-prothesis
addasu	unchanged	unchanged	haddasu

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Welsh.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

Further reading

• R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke et al., editors (1950–present), “addasu”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies