deffro

Welsh

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈdɛfrɔ/

Verb

deffro (first-person singular present deffroaf or deffrôf)

1. (transitive or intransitive) to wake

   Synonym: (South Wales) dihuno

   Mi wnes i ddeffro'n hwyr y bore 'ma.

   I woke late this morning.

Conjugation

Conjugation (literary)

	singular			plural			impersonal
	first	second	third	first	second	third
present indicative/future	deffroaf, deffrôf	deffroi	deffry, deffroa	deffrown	deffrowch	deffrônt	deffroir
imperfect (indicative/subjunctive)/ conditional	deffrown	deffroit	deffroai	deffroem	deffroech	deffroent	deffroid
preterite	deffrois	deffroist	deffroes, deffrôdd	deffroesom	deffroesoch	deffroesant	deffrowyd
pluperfect	deffroeswn	deffroesit	deffroesai	deffroesem	deffroesech	deffroesent	deffroesid
present subjunctive	deffrowyf	deffroych	deffrô	deffrôm	deffrôch	deffrônt	deffroer
imperative	—	deffro	deffroed	deffrown	deffrowch	deffroent	deffroer
verbal noun	deffroi
verbal adjectives	deffroëdig deffroadwy

Conjugation (colloquial)

Inflected colloquial forms	singular			plural
	first	second	third	first	second	third
future	deffra i, deffraf i	deffri di	deffrith o/e/hi, deffriff e/hi	deffrwn ni	deffrwch chi	deffran nhw
conditional	deffrwn i	deffret ti	deffrai fo/fe/hi	deffren ni	deffrech chi	deffren nhw
preterite	deffrais i, deffroes i	deffraist ti, deffroest ti	deffrodd o/e/hi	deffron ni	deffroch chi	deffron nhw
imperative	—	deffra	—	—	deffrwch	—
Note: All other forms are periphrastic, as usual in colloquial Welsh.

Derived terms

• deffroad (“awakening”)
• deffrous (“awakening”, adjective)
• deffröwr (“waker”)

Related terms

• cyffro
• effro

Mutation

Welsh mutation
radical	soft	nasal	aspirate
deffro	ddeffro	neffro	unchanged
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.