ymadael

Welsh

Alternative forms

Etymology

From ym- +‎ gadael (leave).

Pronunciation

  • (North Wales, standard) IPA(key): /əˈmadaɨ̯l/
    • (North Wales, colloquial) IPA(key): /əˈmadɛl/, /əˈmadal/
  • (South Wales, standard) IPA(key): /əˈmaːdai̯l/, /əˈmadai̯l/
    • (South Wales, colloquial) IPA(key): /əˈmaːdɛl/, /əˈmadɛl/

Verb

ymadael (first-person singular present ymadawaf)

  1. to leave
  2. to relinquish, to forsake

Conjugation

Conjugation of ymadael (literary)
singular plural impersonal
first second third first second third
present indicative/future ymadawaf ymadewi ymedy ymadawn ymadewch ymadawant ymadewir
imperfect (indicative/subjunctive)/conditional ymadawn ymadawit ymadawai ymadawem ymadawech ymadawent ymadewid
preterite ymadewais ymadewaist ymadawodd ymadawsom ymadawsoch ymadawsant ymadawyd
pluperfect ymadawswn ymadawsit ymadawsai ymadawsem ymadawsech ymadawsent ymadawsid, ymadewsid
present subjunctive ymadawyf ymadewych ymadawo ymadawom ymadawoch ymadawont ymadawer
imperative ymadawa ymadawed ymadawn ymadewch ymadawent ymadawer
verbal noun ymadael
verbal adjectives ymadawedig
ymadawadwy
Conjugation (colloquial)
inflected
colloquial forms
singular plural
first second third first second third
future ymadawa i,
ymadawaf i
ymadawi di ymadawith o/e/hi,
ymadawiff e/hi
ymadawn ni ymadawch chi ymadawan nhw
conditional ymadawn i,
ymadawswn i
ymadawet ti,
ymadawset ti
ymadawai fo/fe/hi,
ymadawsai fo/fe/hi
ymadawen ni,
ymadawsen ni
ymadawech chi,
ymadawsech chi
ymadawen nhw,
ymadawsen nhw
preterite ymadawais i,
ymadawes i
ymadawaist ti,
ymadawest ti
ymadawodd o/e/hi ymadawon ni ymadawoch chi ymadawon nhw
imperative ymadawa ymadawch

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

  • Alternative third-person singular subjunctive: ymato

Mutation

Mutated forms of ymadael
radical soft nasal h-prothesis
ymadael unchanged unchanged hymadael

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