ateb

Welsh

Alternative forms

• atab (North Wales, colloquial)

Etymology

From Middle Welsh atteb, from Proto-Brythonic *adheb, from Proto-Celtic *atiskʷom (compare Old Irish aithesc), from *ati- + *sekʷeti (“to say”).

Pronunciation

• (standard, colloquial) IPA^(key): /ˈatɛb/
  • (North Wales, colloquial) IPA^(key): /ˈatab/

Noun

ateb m (plural atebion)

1. answer, response, reply

   Synonym: ymateb

2. solution, panacea

   Synonym: datrysiad

Derived terms

• atebgan (“antiphon”)
• cyfateb (“counterpart”)
• gwrthateb (“retort”)
• peiriant ateb (“answerphone”)
• ymateb (“response”)

Verb

ateb (first-person singular present atebaf)

1. (ambitransitive) to answer, respond, reply
2. (transitive) to correspond, to suit

   ateb pwrpas ― serve the purpose

Conjugation

Conjugation of ateb (literary)

	singular			plural			impersonal
	first	second	third	first	second	third
present indicative/future	atebaf	atebi	ateb, etyb	atebwn	atebwch	atebant	atebir
imperfect (indicative/subjunctive)/ conditional	atebwn	atebit	atebai	atebem	atebech	atebent	atebid
preterite	atebais	atebaist	atebodd	atebasom	atebasoch	atebasant	atebwyd
pluperfect	atebaswn	atebasit	atebasai	atebasem	atebasech	atebasent	atebasid, atebesid
present subjunctive	atebwyf	atebych	atebo	atebom	ateboch	atebont	ateber
imperative	—	ateb, ateba	atebed	atebwn	atebwch	atebent	ateber
verbal noun	ateb
verbal adjectives	atebedig atebadwy

Conjugation of ateb (colloquial)

inflected colloquial forms	singular			plural
	first	second	third	first	second	third
future	ateba i, atebaf i	atebi di	atebith o/e/hi, atebiff e/hi	atebwn ni	atebwch chi	ateban nhw
conditional	atebwn i, atebswn i	atebet ti, atebset ti	atebai fo/fe/hi, atebsai fo/fe/hi	ateben ni, atebsen ni	atebech chi, atebsech chi	ateben nhw, atebsen nhw
preterite	atebais i, atebes i	atebaist ti, atebest ti	atebodd o/e/hi	atebon ni	ateboch chi	atebon nhw
imperative	—	ateba	—	—	atebwch	—

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

Derived terms

• atebiad (“response”)
• atebol (“accountable”)
• atebwr (“respondent”)
• cyfateb (“to correspond”)
• ymateb (“to respond, to react”)

Mutation

Mutated forms of ateb

radical	soft	nasal	h-prothesis
ateb	unchanged	unchanged	hateb

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

Further reading

• D. G. Lewis, N. Lewis, editors (2005–present), “ateb”, in Gweiadur: the Welsh–English Dictionary, Gwerin
• R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke et al., editors (1950–present), “ateb”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies