cyfarch
Appearance
Welsh
[edit]Etymology
[edit]cyf- + arch (“request, command”)[1]
Pronunciation
[edit]Verb
[edit]cyfarch (first-person singular present cyfarchaf)
- (transitive) to greet
- (transitive) to address, to speak to
- Synonym: annerch
Conjugation
[edit]Conjugation (literary)
singular | plural | impersonal | ||||||
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first | second | third | first | second | third | |||
present indicative/future | cyfarchaf | cyferchi | cyfarch | cyfarchwn | cyferchwch, cyfarchwch | cyfarchant | cyferchir | |
imperfect (indicative/subjunctive)/ conditional |
cyfarchwn | cyfarchit | cyfarchai | cyfarchem | cyfarchech | cyfarchent | cyferchid | |
preterite | cyferchais | cyferchaist | cyfarchodd | cyfarchasom | cyfarchasoch | cyfarchasant | cyfarchwyd | |
pluperfect | cyfarchaswn | cyfarchasit | cyfarchasai | cyfarchasem | cyfarchasech | cyfarchasent | cyfarchasid, cyfarchesid | |
present subjunctive | cyfarchwyf | cyferchych | cyfarcho | cyfarchom | cyfarchoch | cyfarchont | cyfarcher | |
imperative | — | cyfarcha | cyfarched | cyfarchwn | cyferchwch, cyfarchwch | cyfarchent | cyfarcher | |
verbal noun | cyfarch | |||||||
verbal adjectives | cyfarchedig cyfarchadwy |
Conjugation (colloquial)
Inflected colloquial forms | singular | plural | ||||
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first | second | third | first | second | third | |
future | cyfarcha i, cyfarchaf i | cyfarchi di | cyfarchith o/e/hi, cyfarchiff e/hi | cyfarchwn ni | cyfarchwch chi | cyfarchan nhw |
conditional | cyfarchwn i, cyfarchswn i | cyfarchet ti, cyfarchset ti | cyfarchai fo/fe/hi, cyfarchsai fo/fe/hi | cyfarchen ni, cyfarchsen ni | cyfarchech chi, cyfarchsech chi | cyfarchen nhw, cyfarchsen nhw |
preterite | cyfarchais i, cyfarches i | cyfarchaist ti, cyfarchest ti | cyfarchodd o/e/hi | cyfarchon ni | cyfarchoch chi | cyfarchon nhw |
imperative | — | cyfarcha | — | — | cyfarchwch | — |
Note: All other forms are periphrastic, as usual in colloquial Welsh. |
Derived terms
[edit]- cyfarchiad (“greeting, salutation, address”)
- llongyfarch (“to congratulate”)
Noun
[edit]cyfarch m (plural cyfarchion)
Mutation
[edit]radical | soft | nasal | aspirate |
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cyfarch | gyfarch | nghyfarch | chyfarch |
Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Welsh.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.