nadu

See also: nađu and náðu

Estonian

Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *nato.

Noun

nadu (genitive nao, partitive nadu)

  1. husband's sister (sister-in-law)

Declension
Declension of nadu (ÕS type 18/nägu, d-ø gradation)
singular plural
nominative nadu naod
genitive nao nadude
partitive nadu nadusid
illative nattu
naosse		 nadudesse
inessive naos nadudes
elative naost nadudest
allative naole nadudele
adessive naol nadudel
ablative naolt nadudelt
translative naoks nadudeks
terminative naoni nadudeni
essive naona nadudena
abessive naota nadudeta
comitative naoga nadudega

Further reading
  • M. Langemets, M. Tiits, T. Valdre, L. Veskis, Ü. Viks, P. Voll, editors (2009), “nadu”, in [EKSS] Eesti keele seletav sõnaraamat [Descriptive Dictionary of the Estonian Language]‎ (online dictionary, in Estonian), 2nd edition, Tallinn: Eesti Keele Sihtasutus (Estonian Language Foundation)

Serbo-Croatian

Noun

nadu (Cyrillic spelling наду)

  1. accusative singular of nada

Welsh

Etymology

nâd +‎ -u

Verb

nadu (first-person singular present nadaf, not mutable)

  1. (intranstive) to cry, to wail, to lament
  2. (intranstive) to howl, to bray, to roar

Conjugation
Conjugation (literary)
singular plural impersonal
first second third first second third
present indicative/future nadaf nedi nâd, nada nadwn nedwch, nadwch nadant nedir
imperfect (indicative/subjunctive)/
conditional		 nadwn nadit nadai nadem nadech nadent nedid
preterite nedais nedaist nadodd nadasom nadasoch nadasant nadwyd
pluperfect nadaswn nadasit nadasai nadasem nadasech nadasent nadasid, nadesid
present subjunctive nadwyf nedych nado nadom nadoch nadont nader
imperative — nâd, nada naded nadwn nedwch, nadwch nadent nader
verbal noun nadu
verbal adjectives nadedig
nadadwy
Conjugation (colloquial)
Inflected colloquial forms singular plural
first second third first second third
future nada i, nadaf i nadi di nadith o/e/hi, nadiff e/hi nadwn ni nadwch chi nadan nhw
conditional nadwn i, nadswn i nadet ti, nadset ti nadai fo/fe/hi, nadsai fo/fe/hi naden ni, nadsen ni nadech chi, nadsech chi naden nhw, nadsen nhw
preterite nadais i, nades i nadaist ti, nadest ti nadodd o/e/hi nadon ni nadoch chi nadon nhw
imperative — nada — — nadwch —
Note: All other forms are periphrastic, as usual in colloquial Welsh.

 

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