cydsefyll

Welsh

Etymology

From cyd- (“together, co-”) +‎ sefyll (“stand”).

Verb

cydsefyll (first-person singular present cydsafaf)

1. (intransitive) to stand together

Conjugation

Conjugation (literary)

	singular			plural			impersonal
	first	second	third	first	second	third
present indicative/future	cydsafaf	cydsefi	cydsaif	cydsafwn	cydsefwch, cydsafwch	cydsafant	cydsefir
imperfect (indicative/subjunctive)/ conditional	cydsafwn	cydsafit	cydsafai	cydsafem	cydsafech	cydsafent	cydsefid
preterite	cydsefais	cydsefaist	cydsafodd	cydsafasom	cydsafasoch	cydsafasant	cydsafwyd
pluperfect	cydsafaswn	cydsafasit	cydsafasai	cydsafasem	cydsafasech	cydsafasent	cydsafasid, cydsafesid
present subjunctive	cydsafwyf	cydsefych	cydsafo	cydsafom	cydsafoch	cydsafont	cydsafer
imperative	—	cydsaf	cydsafed	cydsafwn	cydsefwch, cydsafwch	cydsafent	cydsafer
verbal noun	cydsefyll
verbal adjectives	cydsafedig cydsafadwy

Conjugation (colloquial)

Inflected colloquial forms	singular			plural
	first	second	third	first	second	third
future	cydsafa i, cydsafaf i	cydsafi di	cydsafith o/e/hi, cydsafiff e/hi	cydsafwn ni	cydsafwch chi	cydsafan nhw
conditional	cydsafwn i, cydsafswn i	cydsafet ti, cydsafset ti	cydsafai fo/fe/hi, cydsafsai fo/fe/hi	cydsafen ni, cydsafsen ni	cydsafech chi, cydsafsech chi	cydsafen nhw, cydsafsen nhw
preterite	cydsafais i, cydsafes i	cydsafaist ti, cydsafest ti	cydsafodd o/e/hi	cydsafon ni	cydsafoch chi	cydsafon nhw
imperative	—	cydsafa	—	—	cydsafwch	—
Note: All other forms are periphrastic, as usual in colloquial Welsh.

Derived terms

• cydsafiad m (“standing together”)

Further reading

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