ffraeo

Welsh

Etymology

From ffrae (“quarrel, squabble”) +‎ -o.

Pronunciation

• (North Wales) IPA^(key): /ˈfreɨ̯.ɔ/
• (South Wales, standard) IPA^(key): /ˈfrei̯.ɔ/
  • (South Wales, colloquial) IPA^(key): /ˈfriː.ɔ/, /ˈfri.ɔ/

Verb

ffraeo (first-person singular present ffraeaf, not mutable)

1. (intransitive) to quarrel, to squabble

   Synonyms: cweryla, ymgecru, cecru, cynhenna, ymrafael

Conjugation

Conjugation (literary)

	singular			plural			impersonal
	first	second	third	first	second	third
present indicative/future	ffraeaf	ffraei	ffraea	ffraewn	ffraewch	ffraeant	ffraeir
imperfect (indicative/subjunctive)/ conditional	ffraewn	ffraeit	ffraeai	ffraeem	ffraeech	ffraeent	ffraeid
preterite	ffraeais	ffraeaist	ffraeodd	ffraeasom	ffraeasoch	ffraeasant	ffraewyd
pluperfect	ffraeaswn	ffraeasit	ffraeasai	ffraeasem	ffraeasech	ffraeasent	ffraeasid, ffraeesid
present subjunctive	ffraewyf	ffraeych	ffraeo	ffraeom	ffraeoch	ffraeont	ffraeer
imperative	—	ffraea	ffraeed	ffraewn	ffraewch	ffraeent	ffraeer
verbal noun	ffraeo
verbal adjectives	ffraeedig ffraeadwy

Conjugation (colloquial)

inflected colloquial forms	singular			plural
	first	second	third	first	second	third
future	ffraea i, ffraeaf i	ffraei di	ffraeith o/e/hi, ffraeiff e/hi	ffraewn ni	ffraewch chi	ffraean nhw
conditional	ffraewn i, ffraeswn i	ffraeet ti, ffraeset ti	ffraeai fo/fe/hi, ffraesai fo/fe/hi	ffraeen ni, ffraesen ni	ffraeech chi, ffraesech chi	ffraeen nhw, ffraesen nhw
preterite	ffraeais i, ffraees i	ffraeaist ti, ffraeest ti	ffraeodd o/e/hi	ffraeon ni	ffraeoch chi	ffraeon nhw
imperative	—	ffraea	—	—	ffraewch	—

Note: All other forms are periphrastic, as usual in colloquial Welsh.

Further reading

• R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke et al., editors (1950–present), “ffraeo”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies