cyfweld
Welsh
editAlternative forms
editEtymology
editPronunciation
editVerb
editcyfweld (first-person singular present cyfwelaf)
- (transitive) to interview
Usage notes
editAs the stress is on the final syllable, technically, this should be spelt with a hyphen as cyf-weld. However, the older spelling cyfweld is very familiar and so extremely common.
Conjugation
editConjugation (literary)
singular | plural | impersonal | ||||||
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first | second | third | first | second | third | |||
present indicative/future | cyfwelaf | cyfweli | cyfwela | cyfwelwn | cyfwelwch | cyfwelant | cyfwelir | |
imperfect (indicative/subjunctive)/ conditional |
cyfwelwn | cyfwelit | cyfwelai | cyfwelem | cyfwelech | cyfwelent | cyfwelid | |
preterite | cyfwelais | cyfwelaist | cyfwelodd | cyfwelasom | cyfwelasoch | cyfwelasant | cyfwelwyd | |
pluperfect | cyfwelaswn | cyfwelasit | cyfwelasai | cyfwelasem | cyfwelasech | cyfwelasent | cyfwelasid, cyfwelesid | |
present subjunctive | cyfwelwyf | cyfwelych | cyfwelo | cyfwelom | cyfweloch | cyfwelont | cyfweler | |
imperative | — | cyfwela | cyfweled | cyfwelwn | cyfwelwch | cyfwelent | cyfweler | |
verbal noun | cyfweld | |||||||
verbal adjectives | cyfweledig cyfweladwy |
Conjugation (colloquial)
Inflected colloquial forms | singular | plural | ||||
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first | second | third | first | second | third | |
future | cyfwela i, cyfwelaf i | cyfweli di | cyfwelith o/e/hi, cyfweliff e/hi | cyfwelwn ni | cyfwelwch chi | cyfwelan nhw |
conditional | cyfwelwn i, cyfwelswn i | cyfwelet ti, cyfwelset ti | cyfwelai fo/fe/hi, cyfwelsai fo/fe/hi | cyfwelen ni, cyfwelsen ni | cyfwelech chi, cyfwelsech chi | cyfwelen nhw, cyfwelsen nhw |
preterite | cyfwelais i, cyfweles i | cyfwelaist ti, cyfwelest ti | cyfwelodd o/e/hi | cyfwelon ni | cyfweloch chi | cyfwelon nhw |
imperative | — | cyfwela | — | — | cyfwelwch | — |
Note: All other forms are periphrastic, as usual in colloquial Welsh. |
Derived terms
editMutation
editradical | soft | nasal | aspirate |
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cyfweld | gyfweld | nghyfweld | chyfweld |
Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Welsh.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.
Further reading
edit- R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke et al., editors (1950–present), “cyf-weld”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies