cerdded

Welsh

Etymology

From Middle Welsh kerddet, from Proto-Celtic *kerdeti (compare Cornish kerdhes, Breton kerzhet), from Proto-Indo-European *kerd- (compare Old English hratian (“to rush, hasten”), Ancient Greek κραδάω (kradáō, “to swing, brandish”), Sanskrit कूर्दति (kūrdati, “(s/he) leaps”)).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkɛrðɛd/
• Rhymes: -ɛrðɛd

Verb

cerdded (first-person singular present cerddaf)

1. to walk

Conjugation

Conjugation of cerdded (literary)

	singular			plural			impersonal
	first	second	third	first	second	third
present indicative/future	cerddaf	cerddi	cerdd, cerdda	cerddwn	cerddwch	cerddant	cerddir
imperfect (indicative/subjunctive)/ conditional	cerddwn	cerddit	cerddai	cerddem	cerddech	cerddent	cerddid
preterite	cerddais	cerddaist	cerddodd	cerddasom	cerddasoch	cerddasant	cerddwyd
pluperfect	cerddaswn	cerddasit	cerddasai	cerddasem	cerddasech	cerddasent	cerddasid, cerddesid
present subjunctive	cerddwyf	cerddych	cerddo	cerddom	cerddoch	cerddont	cerdder
imperative	—	cerdda	cerdded	cerddwn	cerddwch	cerddent	cerdder
verbal noun	cerdded
verbal adjectives	cerddedig

Conjugation of cerdded (colloquial)

inflected colloquial forms	singular			plural
	first	second	third	first	second	third
future	cerdda i, cerddaf i	cerddi di	cerddith o/e/hi, cerddiff e/hi	cerddwn ni	cerddwch chi	cerddan nhw
conditional	cerddwn i, cerddswn i	cerddet ti, cerddset ti	cerddai fo/fe/hi, cerddsai fo/fe/hi	cerdden ni, cerddsen ni	cerddech chi, cerddsech chi	cerdden nhw, cerddsen nhw
preterite	cerddais i, cerddes i	cerddaist ti, cerddest ti	cerddodd o/e/hi	cerddon ni	cerddoch chi	cerddon nhw
imperative	—	cerdda	—	—	cerddwch	—

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

Derived terms

• ceibio cerdded (“to walk on tiptoe”)

Mutation

Mutated forms of cerdded

radical	soft	nasal	aspirate
cerdded	gerdded	ngherdded	cherdded

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

References

• Matasović, Ranko (2009), Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, pages 202-3