ailgyfuno

Welsh

Etymology

From ail- (“re-”) +‎ cyfuno (“to combine”).

Pronunciation

• (North Wales) IPA^(key): /ˌai̯lɡəˈvɨ̞nɔ/
• (South Wales) IPA^(key): /ˌai̯lɡəˈviːnɔ/, /ˌai̯lɡəˈvɪnɔ/

Verb

ailgyfuno (first-person singular present ailgyfunaf)

1. (chemistry) to recombine

Usage notes

The verbnoun or dictionary form of a verb, such as this entry, is employed as a masculine singular noun in Welsh to express an uncountable verbal noun. The corresponding countable noun is usually derived morphologically from the related verb.

Conjugation

Conjugation (literary)

	singular			plural			impersonal
	first	second	third	first	second	third
present indicative/future	ailgyfunaf	ailgyfuni	ailgyfuna	ailgyfunwn	ailgyfunwch	ailgyfunant	ailgyfunir
imperfect (indicative/subjunctive)/ conditional	ailgyfunwn	ailgyfunit	ailgyfunai	ailgyfunem	ailgyfunech	ailgyfunent	ailgyfunid
preterite	ailgyfunais	ailgyfunaist	ailgyfunodd	ailgyfunasom	ailgyfunasoch	ailgyfunasant	ailgyfunwyd
pluperfect	ailgyfunaswn	ailgyfunasit	ailgyfunasai	ailgyfunasem	ailgyfunasech	ailgyfunasent	ailgyfunasid, ailgyfunesid
present subjunctive	ailgyfunwyf	ailgyfunych	ailgyfuno	ailgyfunom	ailgyfunoch	ailgyfunont	ailgyfuner
imperative	—	ailgyfuna	ailgyfuned	ailgyfunwn	ailgyfunwch	ailgyfunent	ailgyfuner
verbal noun	ailgyfuno
verbal adjectives	ailgyfunedig ailgyfunadwy

Conjugation (colloquial)

Inflected colloquial forms	singular			plural
	first	second	third	first	second	third
future	ailgyfuna i, ailgyfunaf i	ailgyfuni di	ailgyfunith o/e/hi, ailgyfuniff e/hi	ailgyfunwn ni	ailgyfunwch chi	ailgyfunan nhw
conditional	ailgyfunwn i, ailgyfunswn i	ailgyfunet ti, ailgyfunset ti	ailgyfunai fo/fe/hi, ailgyfunsai fo/fe/hi	ailgyfunen ni, ailgyfunsen ni	ailgyfunech chi, ailgyfunsech chi	ailgyfunen nhw, ailgyfunsen nhw
preterite	ailgyfunais i, ailgyfunes i	ailgyfunaist ti, ailgyfunest ti	ailgyfunodd o/e/hi	ailgyfunon ni	ailgyfunoch chi	ailgyfunon nhw
imperative	—	ailgyfuna	—	—	ailgyfunwch	—
Note: All other forms are periphrastic, as usual in colloquial Welsh.

Derived terms

• ailgyfuniad (“recombination”)

Mutation

Welsh mutation
radical	soft	nasal	h-prothesis
ailgyfuno	unchanged	unchanged	hailgyfuno
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), “ailgyfuno”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies