hadu

Old High German

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *haþuz (“battle, fight”).

Noun

This noun needs an inflection-table template.

  1. battle

Descendants

Welsh

Alternative forms
  • hadaff

Etymology

From the same root as the noun had (“seed”). Cognate with Middle Breton hadaff and Breton hadañ.

Pronunciation

Verb

hadu (first-person singular present hadaf)

  1. to bring forth or produce seed, grow seed, multiply, become fruitful
  2. to sprout into ears, run to seed
  3. to sow, propagate
  4. to beget, procreate

Conjugation
Conjugation (literary)
singular plural impersonal
first second third first second third
present indicative/future hadaf hadi hada hadwn hadwch hadant hadir
imperfect (indicative/subjunctive)/
conditional		 hadwn hadit hadai hadem hadech hadent hadid
preterite hadais hadaist hadodd hadasom hadasoch hadasant hadwyd
pluperfect hadaswn hadasit hadasai hadasem hadasech hadasent hadasid, hadesid
present subjunctive hadwyf hadych hado hadom hadoch hadont hader
imperative — hada haded hadwn hadwch hadent hader
verbal noun hadu
verbal adjectives —

Further reading
  • Angharad Fychan and Ann Parry Owen, editors (2014), “hadaf”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies
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