lladd

Welsh

Etymology

From Proto-Brythonic *llað, from Proto-Celtic *sladyā, verbal noun of *sladyeti.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɬaːð/
• Rhymes: -aːð

Verb

lladd (first-person singular present lladdaf)

1. to kill, murder
2. to slaughter

Conjugation

Conjugation of lladd (literary)

	singular			plural			impersonal
	first	second	third	first	second	third
present indicative/future	lladdaf	lleddi	lladd	lladdwn	lleddwch, lladdwch	lladdant	lleddir
imperfect (indicative/subjunctive)/ conditional	lladdwn	lladdit	lladdai	lladdem	lladdech	lladdent	lleddid
preterite	lleddais	lleddaist	lladdodd	lladdasom	lladdasoch	lladdasant	lladdwyd
pluperfect	lladdaswn	lladdasit	lladdasai	lladdasem	lladdasech	lladdasent	lladdasid, lladdesid
present subjunctive	lladdwyf	lleddych	lladdo	lladdom	lladdoch	lladdont	lladder
imperative	—	lladd	lladded	lladdwn	lleddwch	lladdent	lladder
verbal noun	lladd
verbal adjectives	lladdedig lladdadwy

Conjugation of lladd (colloquial)

inflected colloquial forms	singular			plural
	first	second	third	first	second	third
future	lladda i, lladdaf i	lladdi di	lladdith o/e/hi, lladdiff e/hi	lladdwn ni	lladdwch chi	lladdan nhw
conditional	lladdwn i, lladdswn i	lladdet ti, lladdset ti	lladdai fo/fe/hi, lladdsai fo/fe/hi	lladden ni, lladdsen ni	lladdech chi, lladdsech chi	lladden nhw, lladdsen nhw
preterite	lladdais i, lladdes i	lladdaist ti, lladdest ti	lladdodd o/e/hi	lladdon ni	lladdoch chi	lladdon nhw
imperative	—	lladda	—	—	lladdwch	—

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

Derived terms

• adladd (“aftermath”)
• buladd (“cowbane”)
• lladd gwair (“to mow”)
• lladd ymaith (“to cut off”)
• lladd-dy (“slaughterhouse”)
• lladdfa (“slaughter, carnage”)
• lladdfan (“abattoir”)
• lladdiad (“killing, slaughter”)
• lladdol (“deadly, fatal”)
• lladdwr (“killer”)
• lleiddiad (“killer whale”)
• ymladd (“to fight”)
• ymlâdd (“to tire oneself out”)

Mutation

Mutated forms of lladd

radical	soft	nasal	aspirate
lladd	ladd	unchanged	unchanged

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), “lladd”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies