sillafu

Welsh

Etymology

From sillaf +‎ -u.

Pronunciation

• (North Wales) IPA^(key): /sɪˈɬavɨ/
• (South Wales) IPA^(key): /sɪˈɬaːvi/, /sɪˈɬavi/

Verb

sillafu (first-person singular present sillafaf, not mutable)

1. (transitive) to spell (compose a word)

Conjugation

Conjugation (literary)

	singular			plural			impersonal
	first	second	third	first	second	third
present indicative/future	sillafaf	sillefi	sillafa	sillafwn	sillefwch, sillafwch	sillafant	sillefir
imperfect (indicative/subjunctive)/ conditional	sillafwn	sillafit	sillafai	sillafem	sillafech	sillafent	sillefid
preterite	sillefais	sillefaist	sillafodd	sillafasom	sillafasoch	sillafasant	sillafwyd
pluperfect	sillafaswn	sillafasit	sillafasai	sillafasem	sillafasech	sillafasent	sillafasid, sillafesid
present subjunctive	sillafwyf	sillefych	sillafo	sillafom	sillafoch	sillafont	sillafer
imperative	—	sillafa	sillafed	sillafwn	sillefwch, sillafwch	sillafent	sillafer
verbal noun	sillafu
verbal adjectives	sillafedig sillafadwy

Conjugation (colloquial)

Inflected colloquial forms	singular			plural
	first	second	third	first	second	third
future	sillafa i, sillafaf i	sillafi di	sillafith o/e/hi, sillafiff e/hi	sillafwn ni	sillafwch chi	sillafan nhw
conditional	sillafwn i, sillafswn i	sillafet ti, sillafset ti	sillafai fo/fe/hi, sillafsai fo/fe/hi	sillafen ni, sillafsen ni	sillafech chi, sillafsech chi	sillafen nhw, sillafsen nhw
preterite	sillafais i, sillafes i	sillafaist ti, sillafest ti	sillafodd o/e/hi	sillafon ni	sillafoch chi	sillafon nhw
imperative	—	sillafa	—	—	sillafwch	—
Note: All other forms are periphrastic, as usual in colloquial Welsh.

Derived terms

• camsillafu (“misspell”, verb)

• sillafiad (“spelling”)

References

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