cerfio

Welsh

Alternative forms

• carfio

Etymology

From Middle English kerve (“carve”) + -io.

Verb

cerfio (first-person singular present cerfiaf)

1. (transitive) to carve
2. (transitive) to engrave, inscribe

Conjugation

Conjugation (literary)

	singular			plural			impersonal
	first	second	third	first	second	third
present indicative/future	cerfiaf	cerfi	cerfia	cerfiwn	cerfiwch	cerfiant	cerfir
imperfect (indicative/subjunctive)/conditional	cerfiwn	cerfit	cerfiai	cerfiem	cerfiech	cerfient	cerfid
preterite	cerfiais	cerfiaist	cerfiodd	cerfiasom	cerfiasoch	cerfiasant	cerfiwyd
pluperfect	cerfiaswn	cerfiasit	cerfiasai	cerfiasem	cerfiasech	cerfiasent	cerfiasid, cerfiesid
present subjunctive	cerfiwyf	cerfiech	cerfio	cerfiom	cerfioch	cerfiont	cerfier
imperative	—	cerfia	cerfied	cerfiwn	cerfiwch	cerfient	cerfier
verbal noun	cerfio
verbal adjectives	— —

Conjugation (colloquial)

Inflected colloquial forms	singular			plural
	first	second	third	first	second	third
future	cerfia i, cerfiaf i	cerfi di	cerfith o/e/hi, cerfiff e/hi	cerfiwn ni	cerfiwch chi	cerfian nhw
conditional	cerfiwn i, cerfswn i	cerfiet ti, cerfset ti	cerfiai fo/fe/hi, cerfsai fo/fe/hi	cerfien ni, cerfsen ni	cerfiech chi, cerfsech chi	cerfien nhw, cerfsen nhw
preterite	cerfiais i, cerfies i	cerfiaist ti, cerfiest ti	cerfiodd o/e/hi	cerfion ni	cerfioch chi	cerfion nhw
imperative	—	cerfia	—	—	cerfiwch	—
Note: All other forms are periphrastic, as usual in colloquial Welsh.

Hypernyms

• naddu (“cut”)

Derived terms

• cerfiad (“carving”)
• cerfiwr m (“carver”)
• ceugerfio (“intaglio”, verb)

 

Related terms

• cerf (“inscription”)

Further reading

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