cadarnhau

== Middle Welsh == === Alternative forms === kadarnhau === Etymology === From cadarn (“strong, steadfast, firm”) +‎ -hau. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /kadarˈn̥aʉ̯/ === Verb === cadarnhau to confirm, cement ==== Conjugation ==== === Mutation === == Welsh == === Etymology === From Middle Welsh cadarnhau. By surface analysis, cadarn (“strong, steadfast, firm”) +‎ -hau. === Pronunciation === (North Wales) IPA(key): /ˌkadarnˈhaɨ̯/ (South Wales) IPA(key): /ˌkadarnˈhai̯/ Rhymes: -aɨ̯ === Verb === cadarnhau (first-person singular present cadarnhâf) (ambitransitive) to strengthen, make fast or firm, secure, fortify, safeguard, reinforce, replenish; to harden, become obstinate; to cure, heal, make well; to perfect, complete (ambitransitive) to declare, affirm, assert, allege; to substantiate, establish, make valid, ratify, sanction, authorize (ambitransitive) to confirm, lay hands on (in blessing) ==== Conjugation ==== ==== Derived terms ==== cadarnhaol (“strengthening, reinforcing; positive, affirmative, confirmatory”, adjective) === Mutation === === Further reading === R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke, et al., editors (1950–present), “cadarnhaf”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies