Nominal Forms
Verb noun:
erlid
Verbal adjectives:
erlidiedig; erlidiadwy
Indicative
Present / Future
| Sg.1 | erlidiaf |
| Sg.2 | erlidi |
| Sg.3 | erlidia |
| Pl.1 | erlidiwn |
| Pl.2 | erlidiwch |
| Pl.3 | erlidiant |
| Impersonal | erlidir |
Preterite
| Sg.1 | erlidiais |
| Sg.2 | erlidiaist |
| Sg.3 | erlidiodd |
| Pl.1 | erlidiasom |
| Pl.2 | erlidiasoch |
| Pl.3 | erlidiasant |
| Impersonal | erlidiwyd |
Pluperfect
| Sg.1 | erlidiaswn |
| Sg.2 | erlidiasit |
| Sg.3 | erlidiasai |
| Pl.1 | erlidiasem |
| Pl.2 | erlidiasech |
| Pl.3 | erlidiasent |
| Impersonal | erlidiasid; erlidiesid |
Imperfect (Indicative/Subjunctive)
Subjunctive
Present
| Sg.1 | erlidiwyf |
| Sg.2 | erlidiech |
| Sg.3 | erlidio |
| Pl.1 | erlidiom |
| Pl.2 | erlidioch |
| Pl.3 | erlidiont |
| Impersonal | erlidier |
Imperative
| Sg.2 | erlidia |
| Sg.3 | erlidied |
| Pl.1 | erlidiwn |
| Pl.2 | erlidiwch |
| Pl.3 | erlidient |
| Impersonal | erlidier |
Colloquial Forms
Future
| Sg.1 | erlidia i; erlidiaf i |
| Sg.2 | erlidi di |
| Sg.3 | erlidith o; erlidiff e |
| Pl.1 | erlidiwn ni |
| Pl.2 | erlidiwch chi |
| Pl.3 | erlidian nhw |
Preterite
| Sg.1 | erlidiais i; erlidies i |
| Sg.2 | erlidiaist ti; erlidiest ti |
| Sg.3 | erlidiodd o |
| Pl.1 | erlidion ni |
| Pl.2 | erlidioch chi |
| Pl.3 | erlidion nhw |
Conditional
| Sg.1 | erlidiwn i; erlidiswn i |
| Sg.2 | erlidiet ti; erlidiset ti |
| Sg.3 | erlidiai fo; erlidisai fo |
| Pl.1 | erlidien ni; erlidisen ni |
| Pl.2 | erlidiech chi; erlidisech chi |
| Pl.3 | erlidien nhw; erlidisen nhw |
Verbs similar to 'erlid'
edliw,
arbed,
berwi,
cerfio,
cilio,
deilio,
delio,
drilio,
eillio,
elwa,
Translations
chase, to pursue, to follow at speed
Etymology
1. Ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *gleh₁y- (“sticky, liquid”), as in glynu, with a prefix equivalent to er-.
2. Formerly, erlyn- (or erlin-) was the stem with -d acting as a verbnoun ending (as in bod, yfed, cymryd, etc.; see Proto-Celtic *-tus). In Modern Welsh, erlyn (“to prosecute”) is used as the verbnoun for a separate verb.
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