dyfnu
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Welsh[edit]
Verb[edit]
dyfnu (first-person singular present dyfnaf)
- (intransitive) to suck
- (transitive, colloquial, North West) to wean
Conjugation[edit]
Conjugation (literary)
singular | plural | impersonal | ||||||
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first | second | third | first | second | third | |||
present indicative/future | dyfnaf | dyfni | dyfna | dyfnwn | dyfnwch | dyfnant | dyfnir | |
imperfect (indicative/subjunctive)/ conditional |
dyfnwn | dyfnit | dyfnai | dyfnem | dyfnech | dyfnent | dyfnid | |
preterite | dyfnais | dyfnaist | dyfnodd | dyfnasom | dyfnasoch | dyfnasant | dyfnwyd | |
pluperfect | dyfnaswn | dyfnasit | dyfnasai | dyfnasem | dyfnasech | dyfnasent | dyfnasid, dyfnesid | |
present subjunctive | dyfnwyf | dyfnych | dyfno | dyfnom | dyfnoch | dyfnont | dyfner | |
imperative | — | dyfna | dyfned | dyfnwn | dyfnwch | dyfnent | dyfner | |
verbal noun | dyfnu | |||||||
verbal adjectives | dyfnedig dyfnadwy |
Conjugation (colloquial)
Inflected colloquial forms | singular | plural | ||||
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first | second | third | first | second | third | |
future | dyfna i, dyfnaf i | dyfni di | dyfnith o/e/hi, dyfniff e/hi | dyfnwn ni | dyfnwch chi | dyfnan nhw |
conditional | dyfnwn i, dyfnswn i | dyfnet ti, dyfnset ti | dyfnai fo/fe/hi, dyfnsai fo/fe/hi | dyfnen ni, dyfnsen ni | dyfnech chi, dyfnsech chi | dyfnen nhw, dyfnsen nhw |
preterite | dyfnais i, dyfnes i | dyfnaist ti, dyfnest ti | dyfnodd o/e/hi | dyfnon ni | dyfnoch chi | dyfnon nhw |
imperative | — | dyfna | — | — | dyfnwch | — |
Note: All other forms are periphrastic, as usual in colloquial Welsh. |
Derived terms[edit]
- diddyfnu (“wean”, verb)
Mutation[edit]
Welsh mutation | |||
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radical | soft | nasal | aspirate |
dyfnu | ddyfnu | nyfnu | unchanged |
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. |
Further reading[edit]
- R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke et al., editors (1950–present), “dyfnu”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies