hanfod

Welsh

Etymology

From hân +‎ bod.

Verb

hanfod (first-person singular present hanwyf, not mutable)

1. to descend, to issue, to come [with o ‘from something/someone’]

Conjugation

Conjugation (literary)

	singular			plural			impersonal
	first	second	third	first	second	third
present/future	hanfyddaf	hanfyddi	cyferfydd	hanfyddwn	hanfyddwch	hanfyddant	hanfyddir
imperfect/conditional	hanfyddwn	hanfyddit	hanfyddai	hanfyddem	hanfyddech	hanfyddent	hanfyddid
preterite	hanfûm, hanfyddais	hanfuost, hanfyddaist	hanfu, hanfyddodd	hanfuom, hanfyddasom	hanfuoch, hanfyddasoch	hanfuant, hanfyddasant	hanfuwyd
pluperfect	hanfuaswn	hanfuasit	hanfuasai	hanfuasem	hanfuasech	hanfuasent	hanfuasid
subjunctive	hanfyddwyf	hanfyddych	hanfyddo	hanfyddom	hanfyddoch	hanfyddont	hanfydder
imperative	—	hanfydda	hanfydded	hanfyddwn	hanfyddwch	hanfyddent	hanfydder
verbal noun	hanfod
verbal adjectives	hanfyddedig hanfyddadwy

Noun

hanfod m (plural hanfodion, not mutable)

1. essence, quintessence

Derived terms

• hanfodol (“essential”)

Further reading

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