anhrefnu

Welsh

Etymology

From an- (“un-”) +‎ trefnu (“to order”).

Pronunciation

• (North Wales) IPA^(key): /anˈhrɛvnɨ/
• (South Wales) IPA^(key): /anˈhrɛvni/

Verb

anhrefnu (first-person singular present anhrefnaf)

1. to disorganise, to disarrange, to confuse

   Synonyms: annibennu, drysu, annhacluso

Conjugation

Conjugation (literary)

	singular			plural			impersonal
	first	second	third	first	second	third
present indicative/future	anhrefnaf	anhrefni	anhrefna	anhrefnwn	anhrefnwch	anhrefnant	anhrefnir
imperfect (indicative/subjunctive)/ conditional	anhrefnwn	anhrefnit	anhrefnai	anhrefnem	anhrefnech	anhrefnent	anhrefnid
preterite	anhrefnais	anhrefnaist	anhrefnodd	anhrefnasom	anhrefnasoch	anhrefnasant	anhrefnwyd
pluperfect	anhrefnaswn	anhrefnasit	anhrefnasai	anhrefnasem	anhrefnasech	anhrefnasent	anhrefnasid, anhrefnesid
present subjunctive	anhrefnwyf	anhrefnych	anhrefno	anhrefnom	anhrefnoch	anhrefnont	anhrefner
imperative	—	anhrefna	anhrefned	anhrefnwn	anhrefnwch	anhrefnent	anhrefner
verbal noun	anhrefnu
verbal adjectives	anhrefnedig anhrefnadwy

Conjugation (colloquial)

inflected colloquial forms	singular			plural
	first	second	third	first	second	third
future	anhrefna i, anhrefnaf i	anhrefni di	anhrefnith o/e/hi, anhrefniff e/hi	anhrefnwn ni	anhrefnwch chi	anhrefnan nhw
conditional	anhrefnwn i, anhrefnswn i	anhrefnet ti, anhrefnset ti	anhrefnai fo/fe/hi, anhrefnsai fo/fe/hi	anhrefnen ni, anhrefnsen ni	anhrefnech chi, anhrefnsech chi	anhrefnen nhw, anhrefnsen nhw
preterite	anhrefnais i, anhrefnes i	anhrefnaist ti, anhrefnest ti	anhrefnodd o/e/hi	anhrefnon ni	anhrefnoch chi	anhrefnon nhw
imperative	—	anhrefna	—	—	anhrefnwch	—

Note: All other forms are periphrastic, as usual in colloquial Welsh.

Derived terms

• anhrefn (“disorder”)

Mutation

Mutated forms of anhrefnu

radical	soft	nasal	h-prothesis
anhrefnu	unchanged	unchanged	hanhrefnu

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Welsh.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

Further reading

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