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gafael

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Welsh

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Etymology

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From Middle Welsh gauael, from Proto-Brythonic *gaβaɨl, from Proto-Celtic *gabaglā (compare Cornish gavel, Old Breton gabael, Old Irish gabál), verbal noun of *gabyeti (to take, hold) (compare Old Irish gaibid), from Proto-Indo-European *gʰh₁bʰ- (compare Latin habeō, German geben).

Pronunciation

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Verb

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gafael (first-person singular present gafaelaf)

  1. to hold
  2. to grasp, grip

Conjugation

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Conjugation (literary)
singular plural impersonal
first second third first second third
present indicative/future gafaelaf gafaeli gafael, gafaela gafaelwn gafaelwch gafaelant gafaelir
imperfect (indicative/subjunctive)/
conditional
gafaelwn gafaelit gafaelai gafaelem gafaelech gafaelent gafaelid
preterite gafaelais gafaelaist gafaelodd gafaelasom gafaelasoch gafaelasant gafaelwyd
pluperfect gafaelaswn gafaelasit gafaelasai gafaelasem gafaelasech gafaelasent gafaelasid, gafaelesid
present subjunctive gafaelwyf gafaelych gafaelo gafaelom gafaeloch gafaelont gafaeler
imperative gafael gafaeled gafaelwn gafaelwch gafaelent gafaeler
verbal noun gafael
verbal adjectives gafaeledig
gafaeladwy
Conjugation (colloquial)
inflected
colloquial forms
singular plural
first second third first second third
future gafaela i,
gafaelaf i
gafaeli di gafaelith o/e/hi,
gafaeliff e/hi
gafaelwn ni gafaelwch chi gafaelan nhw
conditional gafaelwn i,
gafaelswn i
gafaelet ti,
gafaelset ti
gafaelai fo/fe/hi,
gafaelsai fo/fe/hi
gafaelen ni,
gafaelsen ni
gafaelech chi,
gafaelsech chi
gafaelen nhw,
gafaelsen nhw
preterite gafaelais i,
gafaeles i
gafaelaist ti,
gafaelest ti
gafaelodd o/e/hi gafaelon ni gafaeloch chi gafaelon nhw
imperative gafaela gafaelwch

Derived terms

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  • gafaelgar (gripping, captivating, catchy)
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Mutation

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Mutated forms of gafael
radical soft nasal aspirate
gafael afael ngafael unchanged

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Welsh.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

Further reading

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