cofrestru

Welsh

Etymology

From cofrestr (“register”) +‎ -u.

Pronunciation

• (North Wales) IPA^(key): /kɔvˈrɛsdrɨ̞/, [kʰɔvˈrɛstrɨ̞]
• (South Wales) IPA^(key): /kɔvˈrɛsdri/, [kʰɔvˈrɛstri]

Verb

cofrestru (first-person singular present cofrestraf)

1. (transitive) to register

Conjugation

Conjugation (literary)

	singular			plural			impersonal
	first	second	third	first	second	third
present indicative/future	cofrestraf	cofrestri	cofrestra	cofrestrwn	cofrestrwch	cofrestrant	cofrestrir
imperfect (indicative/subjunctive)/ conditional	cofrestrwn	cofrestrit	cofrestrai	cofrestrem	cofrestrech	cofrestrent	cofrestrid
preterite	cofrestrais	cofrestraist	cofrestrodd	cofrestrasom	cofrestrasoch	cofrestrasant	cofrestrwyd
pluperfect	cofrestraswn	cofrestrasit	cofrestrasai	cofrestrasem	cofrestrasech	cofrestrasent	cofrestrasid, cofrestresid
present subjunctive	cofrestrwyf	cofrestrych	cofrestro	cofrestrom	cofrestroch	cofrestront	cofrestrer
imperative	—	cofrestra	cofrestred	cofrestrwn	cofrestrwch	cofrestrent	cofrestrer
verbal noun	cofrestru
verbal adjectives	cofrestredig cofrestradwy

Conjugation (colloquial)

inflected colloquial forms	singular			plural
	first	second	third	first	second	third
future	cofrestra i, cofrestraf i	cofrestri di	cofrestrith o/e/hi, cofrestriff e/hi	cofrestrwn ni	cofrestrwch chi	cofrestran nhw
conditional	cofrestrwn i, cofrestrswn i	cofrestret ti, cofrestrset ti	cofrestrai fo/fe/hi, cofrestrsai fo/fe/hi	cofrestren ni, cofrestrsen ni	cofrestrech chi, cofrestrsech chi	cofrestren nhw, cofrestrsen nhw
preterite	cofrestrais i, cofrestres i	cofrestraist ti, cofrestrest ti	cofrestrodd o/e/hi	cofrestron ni	cofrestroch chi	cofrestron nhw
imperative	—	cofrestra	—	—	cofrestrwch	—

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

Derived terms

• cofrestriad (“registration”)
• cofrestrydd (“registrar”)

Mutation

Mutated forms of cofrestru

radical	soft	nasal	aspirate
cofrestru	gofrestru	nghofrestru	chofrestru

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), “cofrestru”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies