credu

Welsh

Etymology

From Proto-Brythonic *krėdid, from Proto-Celtic *kreddīti, from Proto-Indo-European *ḱred dʰeh₁- (“to place one's heart, i.e. to trust, believe”), compound phrase of oblique case form of *ḱḗr (“heart”) and *dʰeh₁- (“to put, place, set”).

Pronunciation

• (North Wales) IPA^(key): /ˈkrɛdɨ̞/
• (South Wales) IPA^(key): /ˈkreːdi/, /ˈkrɛdi/
• Rhymes: -ɛdɨ

Verb

credu (first-person singular present credaf) (transitive, intransitive)

1. to believe, have faith in, trust, give credit, etc.
2. to be disposed, feel inclined, bring oneself to, persuade oneself

Conjugation

Conjugation (literary)

	singular			plural			impersonal
	first	second	third	first	second	third
present indicative/future	credaf	credi	cred	credwn	credwch	credant	credir
imperfect (indicative/subjunctive)/ conditional	credwn	credit	credai	credem	credech	credent	credid
preterite	credais	credaist	credodd	credasom	credasoch	credasant	credwyd
pluperfect	credaswn	credasit	credasai	credasem	credasech	credasent	credasid, credesid
present subjunctive	credwyf	credych	credo	credom	credoch	credont	creder
imperative	—	cred	creded	credwn	credwch	credent	creder
verbal noun	credu
verbal adjectives	crededig credadwy

• Alternative third-person singular present subjunctive: creto

Conjugation (colloquial)

Inflected colloquial forms	singular			plural
	first	second	third	first	second	third
future	creda i, credaf i	credi di	credith o/e/hi, crediff e/hi	credwn ni	credwch chi	credan nhw
conditional	credwn i, credswn i	credet ti, credset ti	credai fo/fe/hi, credsai fo/fe/hi	creden ni, credsen ni	credech chi, credsech chi	creden nhw, credsen nhw
preterite	credais i, credes i	credaist ti, credest ti	credodd o/e/hi	credon ni	credoch chi	credon nhw
imperative	—	creda	—	—	credwch	—
Note: All other forms are periphrastic, as usual in colloquial Welsh.

Mutation

Mutated forms of credu

radical	soft	nasal	aspirate
credu	gredu	nghredu	chredu

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

References

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