tryferu

Welsh

Etymology

From tryfer (“harpoon, spear”) +‎ -u.

Pronunciation

• (North Wales) IPA^(key): /trəˈvɛrɨ̞/
• (South Wales) IPA^(key): /trəˈveːri/, /trəˈvɛri/

Verb

tryferu (first-person singular present tryferaf)

1. to harpoon, to spear

Conjugation

Conjugation (literary)

	singular			plural			impersonal
	first	second	third	first	second	third
present indicative/future	tryferaf	tryferi	tryfera	tryferwn	tryferwch	tryferant	tryferir
imperfect (indicative/subjunctive)/ conditional	tryferwn	tryferit	tryferai	tryferem	tryferech	tryferent	tryferid
preterite	tryferais	tryferaist	tryferodd	tryferasom	tryferasoch	tryferasant	tryferwyd
pluperfect	tryferaswn	tryferasit	tryferasai	tryferasem	tryferasech	tryferasent	tryferasid, tryferesid
present subjunctive	tryferwyf	tryferych	tryfero	tryferom	tryferoch	tryferont	tryferer
imperative	—	tryfera	tryfered	tryferwn	tryferwch	tryferent	tryferer
verbal noun	tryferu
verbal adjectives	tryferedig tryferadwy

Conjugation (colloquial)

Inflected colloquial forms	singular			plural
	first	second	third	first	second	third
future	tryfera i, tryferaf i	tryferi di	tryferith o/e/hi, tryferiff e/hi	tryferwn ni	tryferwch chi	tryferan nhw
conditional	tryferwn i, tryferswn i	tryferet ti, tryferset ti	tryferai fo/fe/hi, tryfersai fo/fe/hi	tryferen ni, tryfersen ni	tryferech chi, tryfersech chi	tryferen nhw, tryfersen nhw
preterite	tryferais i, tryferes i	tryferaist ti, tryferest ti	tryferodd o/e/hi	tryferon ni	tryferoch chi	tryferon nhw
imperative	—	tryfera	—	—	tryferwch	—
Note: All other forms are periphrastic, as usual in colloquial Welsh.

Mutation

Welsh mutation
radical	soft	nasal	aspirate
tryferu	dryferu	nhryferu	thryferu
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

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