clafychu
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Welsh
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Verb
[edit]clafychu (first-person singular present clafychaf)
- (intransitive) to sicken, to become sick
- (intransitive, weather) to become overcast
Conjugation
[edit]Conjugation (literary)
| singular | plural | impersonal | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| first | second | third | first | second | third | |||
| present indicative/future | clafychaf | clafychi | clafycha | clafychwn | clafychwch | clafychant | clafychir | |
| imperfect (indicative/subjunctive)/ conditional |
clafychwn | clafychit | clafychai | clafychem | clafychech | clafychent | clafychid | |
| preterite | clafychais | clafychaist | clafychodd | clafychasom | clafychasoch | clafychasant | clafychwyd | |
| pluperfect | clafychaswn | clafychasit | clafychasai | clafychasem | clafychasech | clafychasent | clafychasid, clafychesid | |
| present subjunctive | clafychwyf | clafychych | clafycho | clafychom | clafychoch | clafychont | clafycher | |
| imperative | — | clafycha | clafyched | clafychwn | clafychwch | clafychent | clafycher | |
| verbal noun | clafychu | |||||||
| verbal adjectives | clafychedig clafychadwy | |||||||
Conjugation (colloquial)
| Inflected colloquial forms | singular | plural | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| first | second | third | first | second | third | |
| future | clafycha i, clafychaf i | clafychi di | clafychith o/e/hi, clafychiff e/hi | clafychwn ni | clafychwch chi | clafychan nhw |
| conditional | clafychwn i, clafychswn i | clafychet ti, clafychset ti | clafychai fo/fe/hi, clafychsai fo/fe/hi | clafychen ni, clafychsen ni | clafychech chi, clafychsech chi | clafychen nhw, clafychsen nhw |
| preterite | clafychais i, clafyches i | clafychaist ti, clafychest ti | clafychodd o/e/hi | clafychon ni | clafychoch chi | clafychon nhw |
| imperative | — | clafycha | — | — | clafychwch | — |
| Note: All other forms are periphrastic, as usual in colloquial Welsh. | ||||||
Derived terms
[edit]- clafychiad (“illness”)
- clafychus (“ill”)
Mutation
[edit]| radical | soft | nasal | aspirate |
|---|---|---|---|
| clafychu | glafychu | nghlafychu | chlafychu |
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), “clafychu”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies