ymrafael

Welsh

Alternative forms

• amrafael (noun)
• ymrafaelio (verb)

Pronunciation

• (North Wales, standard, colloquial) IPA^(key): /əmˈravaɨ̯l/
  • (North Wales, colloquial) IPA^(key): /əmˈravɛl/
• (South Wales, standard) IPA^(key): /əmˈraːvai̯l/, /əmˈravai̯l/
  • (South Wales, colloquial) IPA^(key): /əmˈraːvɛl/, /əmˈravɛl/

Noun

ymrafael m (plural ymrafaelion)

1. (obsolete) difference

   Synonym: gwahaniaeth

2. contention, strife

   Synonyms: cynnen, anghydfod, ymryson, anghytundeb

Derived terms

• ymrafaelgar (“contentious”)

Verb

ymrafael (first-person singular present ymrafaeliaf)

1. (intransitive, obsolete) to differ, to vary

   Synonym: gwahaniaethu

2. (intransitive) to contend, to feud, to quarrel

   Synonyms: ymryson, cweryla, cynhennu, ffraeo, anghytuno

Conjugation

Conjugation (literary)

	singular			plural			impersonal
	first	second	third	first	second	third
present indicative/future	ymrafaeliaf	ymrafaeli	ymrafaelia	ymrafaeliwn	ymrafaeliwch	ymrafaeliant	ymrafaelir
imperfect (indicative/subjunctive)/conditional	ymrafaeliwn	ymrafaelit	ymrafaeliai	ymrafaeliem	ymrafaeliech	ymrafaelient	ymrafaelid
preterite	ymrafaeliais	ymrafaeliaist	ymrafaeliodd	ymrafaeliasom	ymrafaeliasoch	ymrafaeliasant	ymrafaeliwyd
pluperfect	ymrafaeliaswn	ymrafaeliasit	ymrafaeliasai	ymrafaeliasem	ymrafaeliasech	ymrafaeliasent	ymrafaeliasid, ymrafaeliesid
present subjunctive	ymrafaeliwyf	ymrafaeliech	ymrafaelio	ymrafaeliom	ymrafaelioch	ymrafaeliont	ymrafaelier
imperative	—	ymrafaelia	ymrafaelied	ymrafaeliwn	ymrafaeliwch	ymrafaelient	ymrafaelier
verbal noun	ymrafael
verbal adjectives	ymrafaeliedig ymrafaeliadwy

Conjugation (colloquial)

inflected colloquial forms	singular			plural
	first	second	third	first	second	third
future	ymrafaelia i, ymrafaeliaf i	ymrafaeli di	ymrafaelith o/e/hi, ymrafaeliff e/hi	ymrafaeliwn ni	ymrafaeliwch chi	ymrafaelian nhw
conditional	ymrafaeliwn i, ymrafaeliswn i	ymrafaeliet ti, ymrafaeliset ti	ymrafaeliai fo/fe/hi, ymrafaelisai fo/fe/hi	ymrafaelien ni, ymrafaelisen ni	ymrafaeliech chi, ymrafaelisech chi	ymrafaelien nhw, ymrafaelisen nhw
preterite	ymrafaeliais i, ymrafaelies i	ymrafaeliaist ti, ymrafaeliest ti	ymrafaeliodd o/e/hi	ymrafaelion ni	ymrafaelioch chi	ymrafaelion nhw
imperative	—	ymrafaelia	—	—	ymrafaeliwch	—

Note: All other forms are periphrastic, as usual in colloquial Welsh.

Mutation

Mutated forms of ymrafael

radical	soft	nasal	h-prothesis
ymrafael	unchanged	unchanged	hymrafael

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

Further reading

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