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Definition 2024
caledu
caledu
Welsh
Alternative forms
- caledaf
- caledo
- cledo
Verb
caledu (stem caled-) (transitive, intransitive)
- to harden (become hardened), dry
- (grammar, phonology, of consonant) to harden, pronounce as voiceless
- to grow stingy or niggardly
- to become [[costive or constipated, constipate
- to temper (iron, steel)
Conjugation
Conjugation (colloquial)
| Inflected colloquial forms | singular | plural | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| first | second | third | first | second | third | |
| future | caleda i, caledaf i | caledi di | caledith o/e/hi, calediff e/hi | caledwn ni | caledwch chi | caledan nhw |
| conditional | caledwn i, caledswn i | caledet ti, caledset ti | caledai fo/fe/hi, caledsai fo/fe/hi | caleden ni, caledsen ni | caledech chi, caledsech chi | caleden nhw, caledsen nhw |
| preterite | caledais i, caledes i | caledaist ti, caledest ti | caledodd o/e/hi | caledon ni | caledoch chi | caledon nhw |
| imperative | — | caleda | — | — | caledwch | — |
| Note: All other forms are periphrastic, as usual in colloquial Welsh. | ||||||
Mutation
| Welsh mutation | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| radical | soft | nasal | aspirate |
| caledu | galedu | nghaledu | chaledu |
| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. | |||
References
- “caledaf” in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru.