brifo

Welsh

Etymology

From briwo (“to wound, to bruise”), from Proto-Celtic *bruseti. Cognate with Irish brúigh (“crush”) and Latin frūstum (“piece, bit”).

Pronunciation

• (North Wales) IPA^(key): /ˈbrɪvɔ/
• (South Wales) IPA^(key): /ˈbriːvɔ/, /ˈbrɪvɔ/

Verb

brifo (first-person singular present brifaf)

1. to injure, to hurt

   Synonyms: anafu, niweidio

   Dw i wedi brifo fy mhen i.

   I've hurt my head.

Conjugation

Conjugation (literary)

	singular			plural			impersonal
	first	second	third	first	second	third
present indicative/future	brifaf	brifi	brifa	brifwn	brifwch	brifant	brifir
imperfect (indicative/subjunctive)/ conditional	brifwn	brifit	brifai	brifem	brifech	brifent	brifid
preterite	brifais	brifaist	brifodd	brifasom	brifasoch	brifasant	brifwyd
pluperfect	brifaswn	brifasit	brifasai	brifasem	brifasech	brifasent	brifasid, brifesid
present subjunctive	brifwyf	brifych	brifo	brifom	brifoch	brifont	brifer
imperative	—	brifa	brifed	brifwn	brifwch	brifent	brifer
verbal noun	brifo
verbal adjectives	brifedig brifadwy

Conjugation (colloquial)

Inflected colloquial forms	singular			plural
	first	second	third	first	second	third
future	brifa i, brifaf i	brifi di	brifith o/e/hi, brififf e/hi	brifwn ni	brifwch chi	brifan nhw
conditional	brifwn i, brifswn i	brifet ti, brifset ti	brifai fo/fe/hi, brifsai fo/fe/hi	brifen ni, brifsen ni	brifech chi, brifsech chi	brifen nhw, brifsen nhw
preterite	brifais i, brifes i	brifaist ti, brifest ti	brifodd o/e/hi	brifon ni	brifoch chi	brifon nhw
imperative	—	brifa	—	—	brifwch	—
Note: All other forms are periphrastic, as usual in colloquial Welsh.

Mutation

Welsh mutation
radical	soft	nasal	aspirate
brifo	frifo	mrifo	unchanged
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.