cyfaddasu

Welsh

Etymology

From cyfaddas (“suitable, proper”) +‎ -u.

Pronunciation

• (North Wales) IPA^(key): /ˌkəvaˈðasɨ̞/
• (South Wales) IPA^(key): /ˌkəvaˈðasi/

Verb

cyfaddasu (first-person singular present cyfaddasaf)

1. to adapt, to adjust, to modify, to fit (make suitable)
2. to adapt (e.g. a book, a play)

Conjugation

Conjugation (literary)

	singular			plural			impersonal
	first	second	third	first	second	third
present indicative/future	cyfaddasaf	cyfaddesi	cyfaddasa	cyfaddaswn	cyfaddeswch, cyfaddaswch	cyfaddasant	cyfaddesir
imperfect (indicative/subjunctive)/ conditional	cyfaddaswn	cyfaddasit	cyfaddasai	cyfaddasem	cyfaddasech	cyfaddasent	cyfaddesid
preterite	cyfaddesais	cyfaddesaist	cyfaddasodd	cyfaddasasom	cyfaddasasoch	cyfaddasasant	cyfaddaswyd
pluperfect	cyfaddasaswn	cyfaddasasit	cyfaddasasai	cyfaddasasem	cyfaddasasech	cyfaddasasent	cyfaddasasid, cyfaddasesid
present subjunctive	cyfaddaswyf	cyfaddesych	cyfaddaso	cyfaddasom	cyfaddasoch	cyfaddasont	cyfaddaser
imperative	—	cyfaddasa	cyfaddased	cyfaddaswn	cyfaddeswch, cyfaddaswch	cyfaddasent	cyfaddaser
verbal noun	cyfaddasu
verbal adjectives	cyfaddasedig cyfaddasadwy

Conjugation (colloquial)

Inflected colloquial forms	singular			plural
	first	second	third	first	second	third
future	cyfaddasa i, cyfaddasaf i	cyfaddasi di	cyfaddasith o/e/hi, cyfaddasiff e/hi	cyfaddaswn ni	cyfaddaswch chi	cyfaddasan nhw
conditional	cyfaddaswn i, cyfaddasswn i	cyfaddaset ti, cyfaddasset ti	cyfaddasai fo/fe/hi, cyfaddassai fo/fe/hi	cyfaddasen ni, cyfaddassen ni	cyfaddasech chi, cyfaddassech chi	cyfaddasen nhw, cyfaddassen nhw
preterite	cyfaddasais i, cyfaddases i	cyfaddasaist ti, cyfaddasest ti	cyfaddasodd o/e/hi	cyfaddason ni	cyfaddasoch chi	cyfaddason nhw
imperative	—	cyfaddasa	—	—	cyfaddaswch	—
Note: All other forms are periphrastic, as usual in colloquial Welsh.

Derived terms

• cyfaddasiad (“adaptation”)

Mutation

Mutated forms of cyfaddasu

radical	soft	nasal	aspirate
cyfaddasu	gyfaddasu	nghyfaddasu	chyfaddasu

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