llwfrhau
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Welsh
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From llwfr (“faint-hearted; cowardly”) + -hau.
Pronunciation
[edit]- (North Wales) IPA(key): /ɬʊvrˈhaɨ̯/
- (South Wales) IPA(key): /ɬʊvrˈhai̯/
- Rhymes: -aɨ̯
Verb
[edit]llwfrhau (first-person singular present llwfrhaf)
- to lose heart
- to become cowardly
Conjugation
[edit]Conjugation (literary)
singular | plural | impersonal | ||||||
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first | second | third | first | second | third | |||
present indicative/future | llwfraf | llwfrei | llwfrha | llwfrawn | llwfrewch | llwfrânt | llwfreir | |
imperfect (indicative/subjunctive)/conditional | llwfrawn | llwfrait | llwfrâi | llwfraem | llwfraech | llwfraent | llwfreid | |
preterite | llwfreais | llwfreaist | llwfraodd | llwfrasom | llwfrasoch | llwfrasant | llwfrawyd | |
pluperfect | llwfraswn | llwfrasit | llwfrasai | llwfrasem | llwfrasech | llwfrasent | llwfrasid, llwfresid | |
present subjunctive | llwfrawyf | llwfreych | llwfrao | llwfraom | llwfraoch | llwfraont | llwfraer | |
imperative | — | llwfrha | llwfraed | llwfrawn | llwfrewch | llwfraent | llwfraer | |
verbal noun | llwfrhau | |||||||
verbal adjectives | — |
Mutation
[edit]radical | soft | nasal | aspirate |
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llwfrhau | lwfrhau | unchanged | 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), “llwfrhau”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies