cneifio

Welsh

Etymology

cnaif +‎ -io

Verb

cneifio (first-person singular present cneifiaf)

1. to shear, to fleece

Conjugation

Conjugation (literary)

	singular			plural			impersonal
	first	second	third	first	second	third
present indicative/future	cneifiaf	cneifi	cneifia	cneifiwn	cneifiwch	cneifiant	cneifir
imperfect (indicative/subjunctive)/conditional	cneifiwn	cneifit	cneifiai	cneifiem	cneifiech	cneifient	cneifid
preterite	cneifiais	cneifiaist	cneifiodd	cneifiasom	cneifiasoch	cneifiasant	cneifiwyd
pluperfect	cneifiaswn	cneifiasit	cneifiasai	cneifiasem	cneifiasech	cneifiasent	cneifiasid, cneifiesid
present subjunctive	cneifiwyf	cneifiech	cneifio	cneifiom	cneifioch	cneifiont	cneifier
imperative	—	cneifia	cneified	cneifiwn	cneifiwch	cneifient	cneifier
verbal noun	cneifio
verbal adjectives	cneifiedig, cneifedig cneifiadwy, cneifadwy

Conjugation (colloquial)

inflected colloquial forms	singular			plural
	first	second	third	first	second	third
future	cneifia i, cneifiaf i	cneifi di	cneifith o/e/hi, cneififf e/hi	cneifiwn ni	cneifiwch chi	cneifian nhw
conditional	cneifiwn i, cneifswn i	cneifiet ti, cneifset ti	cneifiai fo/fe/hi, cneifsai fo/fe/hi	cneifien ni, cneifsen ni	cneifiech chi, cneifsech chi	cneifien nhw, cneifsen nhw
preterite	cneifiais i, cneifies i	cneifiaist ti, cneifiest ti	cneifiodd o/e/hi	cneifion ni	cneifioch chi	cneifion nhw
imperative	—	cneifia	—	—	cneifiwch	—

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

Derived terms

• cneifiwr

Further reading

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