rhyddhau

Welsh

Etymology

rhydd +‎ -hau

Pronunciation

• (North Wales) IPA^(key): /r̥əðˈhaɨ̯/
• (South Wales) IPA^(key): /r̥əðˈhai̯/
• Rhymes: -aɨ̯

Verb

rhyddhau (first-person singular present rhyddhaf)

1. to free, liberate, release

Conjugation

Conjugation (literary)

	singular			plural			impersonal
	first	second	third	first	second	third
present indicative/future	rhyddhaf	rhyddhei	rhyddha	rhyddhawn	rhyddhewch	rhyddhânt	rhyddheir
imperfect (indicative/subjunctive)/conditional	rhyddhawn	rhyddhait	rhyddhâi	rhyddhaem	rhyddhaech	rhyddhaent	rhyddheid
preterite	rhyddheais	rhyddheaist	rhyddhaodd	rhyddhasom	rhyddhasoch	rhyddhasant	rhyddhawyd
pluperfect	rhyddhaswn	rhyddhasit	rhyddhasai	rhyddhasem	rhyddhasech	rhyddhasent	rhyddhasid, rhyddhesid
present subjunctive	rhyddhawyf	rhyddheych	rhyddhao	rhyddhaom	rhyddhaoch	rhyddhaont	rhyddhaer
imperative	—	rhyddha	rhyddhaed	rhyddhawn	rhyddhewch	rhyddhaent	rhyddhaer
verbal noun	rhyddhau
verbal adjectives	—

Derived terms

• rhyddhad (“relief”)

Mutation

Welsh mutation
radical	soft	nasal	aspirate
rhyddhau	ryddhau	unchanged	unchanged
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

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