arfer
Appearance
Welsh
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Proto-Brythonic *ėrβėrɨd, from Proto-Celtic *ɸarebereti.
Pronunciation
[edit]- (North Wales, standard, colloquial) IPA(key): /ˈarvɛr/
- (North Wales, colloquial) IPA(key): /ˈarvar/
- (South Wales) IPA(key): /ˈarvɛr/
- Rhymes: -arvɛr
Verb
[edit]arfer (first-person singular present arferaf)
- (transitive) to use (habitually)
- (transitive) to be used to, to be accustomed to
- Roeddwn i'n arfer byw yng Nghaerdydd.
- I used to live in Cardiff.
Conjugation
[edit]Conjugation (literary)
singular | plural | impersonal | ||||||
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first | second | third | first | second | third | |||
present indicative/future | arferaf | arferi | arfer, arfera | arferwn | arferwch | arferant | arferir | |
imperfect (indicative/subjunctive)/ conditional |
arferwn | arferit | arferai | arferem | arferech | arferent | arferid | |
preterite | arferais | arferaist | arferodd | arferasom | arferasoch | arferasant | arferwyd | |
pluperfect | arferaswn | arferasit | arferasai | arferasem | arferasech | arferasent | arferasid, arferesid | |
present subjunctive | arferwyf | arferych | arfero | arferom | arferoch | arferont | arferer | |
imperative | — | arfer | arfered | arferwn | arferwch | arferent | arferer | |
verbal noun | arfer | |||||||
verbal adjectives | arferedig arferadwy |
Conjugation (colloquial)
Inflected colloquial forms | singular | plural | ||||
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first | second | third | first | second | third | |
future | arfera i, arferaf i | arferi di | arferith o/e/hi, arferiff e/hi | arferwn ni | arferwch chi | arferan nhw |
conditional | arferwn i, arferswn i | arferet ti, arferset ti | arferai fo/fe/hi, arfersai fo/fe/hi | arferen ni, arfersen ni | arferech chi, arfersech chi | arferen nhw, arfersen nhw |
preterite | arferais i, arferes i | arferaist ti, arferest ti | arferodd o/e/hi | arferon ni | arferoch chi | arferon nhw |
imperative | — | arfera | — | — | arferwch | — |
Note: All other forms are periphrastic, as usual in colloquial Welsh. |
Synonyms
[edit]- (to use): defnyddio
Noun
[edit]arfer m or f (plural arferion)
Derived terms
[edit]Mutation
[edit]radical | soft | nasal | h-prothesis |
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arfer | unchanged | unchanged | harfer |
Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Welsh.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.
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- Welsh terms inherited from Proto-Brythonic
- Welsh terms derived from Proto-Brythonic
- Welsh terms inherited from Proto-Celtic
- Welsh terms derived from Proto-Celtic
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- Rhymes:Welsh/arvɛr
- Welsh lemmas
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- Welsh transitive verbs
- Welsh terms with usage examples
- Welsh nouns
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