dyfnu

Welsh

Verb

dyfnu (first-person singular present dyfnaf)

1. (intransitive) to suck
2. (transitive, colloquial, North West) to wean

Conjugation

Conjugation (literary)

	singular			plural			impersonal
	first	second	third	first	second	third
present indicative/future	dyfnaf	dyfni	dyfna	dyfnwn	dyfnwch	dyfnant	dyfnir
imperfect (indicative/subjunctive)/ conditional	dyfnwn	dyfnit	dyfnai	dyfnem	dyfnech	dyfnent	dyfnid
preterite	dyfnais	dyfnaist	dyfnodd	dyfnasom	dyfnasoch	dyfnasant	dyfnwyd
pluperfect	dyfnaswn	dyfnasit	dyfnasai	dyfnasem	dyfnasech	dyfnasent	dyfnasid, dyfnesid
present subjunctive	dyfnwyf	dyfnych	dyfno	dyfnom	dyfnoch	dyfnont	dyfner
imperative	—	dyfna	dyfned	dyfnwn	dyfnwch	dyfnent	dyfner
verbal noun	dyfnu
verbal adjectives	dyfnedig dyfnadwy

Conjugation (colloquial)

Inflected colloquial forms	singular			plural
	first	second	third	first	second	third
future	dyfna i, dyfnaf i	dyfni di	dyfnith o/e/hi, dyfniff e/hi	dyfnwn ni	dyfnwch chi	dyfnan nhw
conditional	dyfnwn i, dyfnswn i	dyfnet ti, dyfnset ti	dyfnai fo/fe/hi, dyfnsai fo/fe/hi	dyfnen ni, dyfnsen ni	dyfnech chi, dyfnsech chi	dyfnen nhw, dyfnsen nhw
preterite	dyfnais i, dyfnes i	dyfnaist ti, dyfnest ti	dyfnodd o/e/hi	dyfnon ni	dyfnoch chi	dyfnon nhw
imperative	—	dyfna	—	—	dyfnwch	—
Note: All other forms are periphrastic, as usual in colloquial Welsh.

Derived terms

• diddyfnu (“wean”, verb)

Mutation

Mutated forms of dyfnu

radical	soft	nasal	aspirate
dyfnu	ddyfnu	nyfnu	unchanged

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