llyfu tin
Jump to navigation
Jump to search
Welsh
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]Etymology
[edit]llyfu (“to lick”) + tin (“arse”).
Pronunciation
[edit]- (North Wales) IPA(key): /ˌɬəvɨ̞ ˈtiːn/
- (South Wales) IPA(key): /ˌɬəvi ˈtiːn/
Verb
[edit]llyfu tin (first-person singular present llyfaf tin)
Conjugation
[edit]Conjugation (literary)
singular | plural | impersonal | ||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
first | second | third | first | second | third | |||
present indicative/future | llyfaf | llyfi | llyf, llyfa | llyfwn | llyfwch | llyfant | llyfir | |
imperfect (indicative/subjunctive)/ conditional |
llyfwn | llyfit | llyfai | llyfem | llyfech | llyfent | llyfid | |
preterite | llyfais | llyfaist | llyfodd | llyfasom | llyfasoch | llyfasant | llyfwyd | |
pluperfect | llyfaswn | llyfasit | llyfasai | llyfasem | llyfasech | llyfasent | llyfasid, llyfesid | |
present subjunctive | llyfwyf | llyfych | llyfo | llyfom | llyfoch | llyfont | llyfer | |
imperative | — | llyf, llyfa | llyfed | llyfwn | llyfwch | llyfent | llyfer | |
verbal noun | llyfu tin | |||||||
verbal adjectives | llyfedig |
Conjugation (colloquial)
Inflected colloquial forms | singular | plural | ||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
first | second | third | first | second | third | |
future | llyfa i, llyfaf i | llyfi di | llyfith o/e/hi, llyfiff e/hi | llyfwn ni | llyfwch chi | llyfan nhw |
conditional | llyfwn i, llyfswn i | llyfet ti, llyfset ti | llyfai fo/fe/hi, llyfsai fo/fe/hi | llyfen ni, llyfsen ni | llyfech chi, llyfsech chi | llyfen nhw, llyfsen nhw |
preterite | llyfais i, llyfes i | llyfaist ti, llyfest ti | llyfodd o/e/hi | llyfon ni | llyfoch chi | llyfon nhw |
imperative | — | llyfa | — | — | llyfwch | — |
Note: All other forms are periphrastic, as usual in colloquial Welsh. |
Mutation
[edit]radical | soft | nasal | aspirate |
---|---|---|---|
llyfu tin | lyfu tin | 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), “llyfu tin”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies