dyfalu
Appearance
Welsh
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From dy- (“to”) + the same root found in hafal (“equal”).
Pronunciation
[edit]- (North Wales) IPA(key): /dəˈvalɨ/
- (South Wales) IPA(key): /dəˈva(ː)li/
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Verb
[edit]dyfalu (first-person singular present dyfalaf)
- to guess (reach an unqualified conclusion)
Conjugation
[edit]Conjugation (literary)
singular | plural | impersonal | ||||||
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first | second | third | first | second | third | |||
present indicative/future | dyfalaf | dyfeli | dyfala | dyfalwn | dyfelwch, dyfalwch | dyfalant | dyfelir | |
imperfect (indicative/subjunctive)/ conditional |
dyfalwn | dyfalit | dyfalai | dyfalem | dyfalech | dyfalent | dyfelid | |
preterite | dyfelais | dyfelaist | dyfalodd | dyfalasom | dyfalasoch | dyfalasant | dyfalwyd | |
pluperfect | dyfalaswn | dyfalasit | dyfalasai | dyfalasem | dyfalasech | dyfalasent | dyfalasid, dyfalesid | |
present subjunctive | dyfalwyf | dyfelych | dyfalo | dyfalom | dyfaloch | dyfalont | dyfaler | |
imperative | — | dyfala | dyfaled | dyfalwn | dyfelwch, dyfalwch | dyfalent | dyfaler | |
verbal noun | dyfalu | |||||||
verbal adjectives | dyfaledig dyfaladwy |
Conjugation (colloquial)
Inflected colloquial forms | singular | plural | ||||
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first | second | third | first | second | third | |
future | dyfala i, dyfalaf i | dyfali di | dyfalith o/e/hi, dyfaliff e/hi | dyfalwn ni | dyfalwch chi | dyfalan nhw |
conditional | dyfalwn i, dyfalswn i | dyfalet ti, dyfalset ti | dyfalai fo/fe/hi, dyfalsai fo/fe/hi | dyfalen ni, dyfalsen ni | dyfalech chi, dyfalsech chi | dyfalen nhw, dyfalsen nhw |
preterite | dyfalais i, dyfales i | dyfalaist ti, dyfalest ti | dyfalodd o/e/hi | dyfalon ni | dyfaloch chi | dyfalon nhw |
imperative | — | dyfala | — | — | dyfalwch | — |
Note: All other forms are periphrastic, as usual in colloquial Welsh. |
Mutation
[edit]radical | soft | nasal | aspirate |
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dyfalu | ddyfalu | nyfalu | unchanged |
Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Welsh.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.
Further reading
[edit]- R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke et al., editors (1950–present), “dyfalu”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies