cyfieithu

Welsh

Etymology

From cyf- +‎ iaith (“language”) +‎ -u.

Pronunciation

• (North Wales) IPA^(key): /kəvˈjei̯θɨ/
• (South Wales) IPA^(key): /kəvˈjei̯θi/

Verb

cyfieithu (first-person singular present cyfieithaf)

1. (transitive) to translate

   Wnei di gyfieithu'r tudalen 'ma?

   Will you translate this page?

2. (transitive) to interpret

   Synonym: cyfieithu ar y pryd

Conjugation

Conjugation (literary)

	singular			plural			impersonal
	first	second	third	first	second	third
present indicative/future	cyfieithaf	cyfieithi	cyfieitha	cyfieithwn	cyfieithwch	cyfieithant	cyfieithir
imperfect (indicative/subjunctive)/ conditional	cyfieithwn	cyfieithit	cyfieithai	cyfieithem	cyfieithech	cyfieithent	cyfieithid
preterite	cyfieithais	cyfieithaist	cyfieithodd	cyfieithasom	cyfieithasoch	cyfieithasant	cyfieithwyd
pluperfect	cyfieithaswn	cyfieithasit	cyfieithasai	cyfieithasem	cyfieithasech	cyfieithasent	cyfieithasid, cyfieithesid
present subjunctive	cyfieithwyf	cyfieithych	cyfieitho	cyfieithom	cyfieithoch	cyfieithont	cyfieither
imperative	—	cyfieitha	cyfieithed	cyfieithwn	cyfieithwch	cyfieithent	cyfieither
verbal noun	cyfieithu
verbal adjectives	cyfieithedig cyfieithadwy

Conjugation (colloquial)

Inflected colloquial forms	singular			plural
	first	second	third	first	second	third
future	cyfieitha i, cyfieithaf i	cyfieithi di	cyfieithith o/e/hi, cyfieithiff e/hi	cyfieithwn ni	cyfieithwch chi	cyfieithan nhw
conditional	cyfieithwn i, cyfieithswn i	cyfieithet ti, cyfieithset ti	cyfieithai fo/fe/hi, cyfieithsai fo/fe/hi	cyfieithen ni, cyfieithsen ni	cyfieithech chi, cyfieithsech chi	cyfieithen nhw, cyfieithsen nhw
preterite	cyfieithais i, cyfieithes i	cyfieithaist ti, cyfieithest ti	cyfieithodd o/e/hi	cyfieithon ni	cyfieithoch chi	cyfieithon nhw
imperative	—	cyfieitha	—	—	cyfieithwch	—
Note: All other forms are periphrastic, as usual in colloquial Welsh.

Derived terms

• cyfieithydd (“translator; interpreter; grammarian; person of same language or race as another; fellow-countryman”)

Related terms

• cyfiaith (“of the same language, speaking the same language; speaking the vernacular or native language; familiar, skilled”, adjective)
• cyfiaith f (“language, tongue; common or known language, native tongue, vernacular; people speaking the same language, fellow-countrymen; nation, folk; one who speaks the same language, compatriot, fellow, partner; translation”)

Mutation

Welsh mutation
radical	soft	nasal	aspirate
cyfieithu	gyfieithu	nghyfieithu	chyfieithu
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References

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