cyfaddef
Welsh
editEtymology
editFrom cyf- addef (“to admit, to confess”).
Pronunciation
edit- (North Wales) IPA(key): /kəˈvaðɛv/
- (South Wales) IPA(key): /kəˈva(ː)ðɛv/
Verb
editcyfaddef (first-person singular present cyfaddefaf)
Conjugation
editConjugation (literary)
singular | plural | impersonal | ||||||
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first | second | third | first | second | third | |||
present indicative/future | cyfaddefaf | cyfaddefi | cyfeddyf, cyfaddefa | cyfaddefwn | cyfaddefwch | cyfaddefant | cyfaddefir | |
imperfect (indicative/subjunctive)/ conditional |
cyfaddefwn | cyfaddefit | cyfaddefai | cyfaddefem | cyfaddefech | cyfaddefent | cyfaddefid | |
preterite | cyfaddefais | cyfaddefaist | cyfaddefodd | cyfaddefasom | cyfaddefasoch | cyfaddefasant | cyfaddefwyd | |
pluperfect | cyfaddefaswn | cyfaddefasit | cyfaddefasai | cyfaddefasem | cyfaddefasech | cyfaddefasent | cyfaddefasid, cyfaddefesid | |
present subjunctive | cyfaddefwyf | cyfaddefych | cyfaddefo | cyfaddefom | cyfaddefoch | cyfaddefont | cyfaddefer | |
imperative | — | cyfeddyf, cyfaddefa | cyfaddefed | cyfaddefwn | cyfaddefwch | cyfaddefent | cyfaddefer | |
verbal noun | cyfaddef | |||||||
verbal adjectives | cyfaddefedig cyfaddefadwy |
Conjugation (colloquial)
Inflected colloquial forms | singular | plural | ||||
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first | second | third | first | second | third | |
future | cyfaddefa i, cyfaddefaf i | cyfaddefi di | cyfaddefith o/e/hi, cyfaddefiff e/hi | cyfaddefwn ni | cyfaddefwch chi | cyfaddefan nhw |
conditional | cyfaddefwn i, cyfaddefswn i | cyfaddefet ti, cyfaddefset ti | cyfaddefai fo/fe/hi, cyfaddefsai fo/fe/hi | cyfaddefen ni, cyfaddefsen ni | cyfaddefech chi, cyfaddefsech chi | cyfaddefen nhw, cyfaddefsen nhw |
preterite | cyfaddefais i, cyfaddefes i | cyfaddefaist ti, cyfaddefest ti | cyfaddefodd o/e/hi | cyfaddefon ni | cyfaddefoch chi | cyfaddefon nhw |
imperative | — | cyfaddefa | — | — | cyfaddefwch | — |
Note: All other forms are periphrastic, as usual in colloquial Welsh. |
Derived terms
edit- cyfaddefiad (“admission, confession”)
Mutation
editWelsh mutation | |||
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radical | soft | nasal | aspirate |
cyfaddef | gyfaddef | nghyfaddef | chyfaddef |
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. |
Further reading
edit- R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke et al., editors (1950–present), “cyfaddef”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies