rhiffio

Welsh

Etymology

Borrowed from English reef + -io.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈr̥ɪfjɔ/

Verb

rhiffio (first-person singular present rhiffiaf)

1. (transitive, intransitive) to reef (sail)

Conjugation

Conjugation (literary)

	singular			plural			impersonal
	first	second	third	first	second	third
present indicative/future	rhiffiaf	rhiffi	rhiffia	rhiffiwn	rhiffiwch	rhiffiant	rhiffir
imperfect (indicative/subjunctive)/conditional	rhiffiwn	rhiffit	rhiffiai	rhiffiem	rhiffiech	rhiffient	rhiffid
preterite	rhiffiais	rhiffiaist	rhiffiodd	rhiffiasom	rhiffiasoch	rhiffiasant	rhiffiwyd
pluperfect	rhiffiaswn	rhiffiasit	rhiffiasai	rhiffiasem	rhiffiasech	rhiffiasent	rhiffiasid, rhiffiesid
present subjunctive	rhiffiwyf	rhiffiech	rhiffio	rhiffiom	rhiffioch	rhiffiont	rhiffier
imperative	—	rhiffia	rhiffied	rhiffiwn	rhiffiwch	rhiffient	rhiffier
verbal noun	rhiffio
verbal adjectives	rhiffiedig rhiffiadwy

Conjugation (colloquial)

Inflected colloquial forms	singular			plural
	first	second	third	first	second	third
future	rhiffia i, rhiffiaf i	rhiffi di	rhiffith o/e/hi, rhiffiff e/hi	rhiffiwn ni	rhiffiwch chi	rhiffian nhw
conditional	rhiffiwn i, rhiffswn i	rhiffiet ti, rhiffset ti	rhiffiai fo/fe/hi, rhiffsai fo/fe/hi	rhiffien ni, rhiffsen ni	rhiffiech chi, rhiffsech chi	rhiffien nhw, rhiffsen nhw
preterite	rhiffiais i, rhiffies i	rhiffiaist ti, rhiffiest ti	rhiffiodd o/e/hi	rhiffion ni	rhiffioch chi	rhiffion nhw
imperative	—	rhiffia	—	—	rhiffiwch	—
Note: All other forms are periphrastic, as usual in colloquial Welsh.

Mutation

Mutated forms of rhiffio

radical	soft	nasal	aspirate
rhiffio	riffio	unchanged	unchanged

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

References

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