Welsh

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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Earlier rhoddi, from a conflation of two separate stems:

  1. Middle Welsh roi (to give), from Proto-Brythonic *rroɣid (compare Cornish ry (to give), Breton reiñ (to give)), from Proto-Celtic *rogīti (to extend forward) (compare Old Irish rogaid (to extend)), from Proto-Indo-European *h₃roǵéyeti (to straighten)
  2. Middle Welsh rodi (to give),[1] from Proto-Brythonic *rrodid (deuterotonic), *rröð (prototonic); from Proto-Celtic *ɸro-dīti (to put forward), from Proto-Indo-European *dʰédʰeh₁ti (to put)[2]

Pronunciation

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Verb

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rhoi (first-person singular present rhof or rhoddaf)

  1. to give
    Mae Siân yn rhoi siocled i Siôn eleni.
    Siân is giving Siôn chocolate this year.
  2. to put, to place
    Rhoddodd hi’r pethau ar y bwrdd.
    She put the things on the table.
    Synonym: dodi

Conjugation

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Derived terms

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See also

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Mutation

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Mutated forms of rhoi
radical soft nasal aspirate
rhoi roi unchanged unchanged

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Welsh.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

References

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  1. ^ R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke et al., editors (1950–present), “rhoddaf, rhof: rhoddi, rhoi”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies
  2. ^ Schumacher, Stefan, Schulze-Thulin, Britta (2004) Die keltischen Primärverben: ein vergleichendes, etymologisches und morphologisches Lexikon (Innsbrucker Beiträge zur Sprachwissenschaft; 110) (in German), Innsbruck: Institut für Sprachen und Literaturen der Universität Innsbruck, →ISBN, page 280