cyffeithio

Welsh

Etymology

cyffaith (“conserve, preserve; confection”) +‎ -io

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kəˈfei̯θjɔ/
• Rhymes: -ei̯θjɔ

Verb

cyffeithio (first-person singular present cyffeithiaf)

1. to preserve (of fruit or meat)

Conjugation

Conjugation (literary)

	singular			plural			impersonal
	first	second	third	first	second	third
present indicative/future	cyffeithiaf	cyffeithi	cyffeithi, cyffeithia	cyffeithiwn	cyffeithiwch	cyffeithiant	cyffeithir
imperfect (indicative/subjunctive)/conditional	cyffeithiwn	cyffeithit	cyffeithiai	cyffeithiem	cyffeithiech	cyffeithient	cyffeithid
preterite	cyffeithiais	cyffeithiaist	cyffeithiodd	cyffeithiasom	cyffeithiasoch	cyffeithiasant	cyffeithiwyd
pluperfect	cyffeithiaswn	cyffeithiasit	cyffeithiasai	cyffeithiasem	cyffeithiasech	cyffeithiasent	cyffeithiasid, cyffeithiesid
present subjunctive	cyffeithiwyf	cyffeithiech	cyffeithio	cyffeithiom	cyffeithioch	cyffeithiont	cyffeithier
imperative	—	cyffeithi, cyffeithia	cyffeithied	cyffeithiwn	cyffeithiwch	cyffeithient	cyffeithier
verbal noun	cyffeithio
verbal adjectives	cyffeithiedig cyffeithiadwy

Conjugation (colloquial)

Inflected colloquial forms	singular			plural
	first	second	third	first	second	third
future	cyffeithia i, cyffeithiaf i	cyffeithi di	cyffeithith o/e/hi, cyffeithiff e/hi	cyffeithiwn ni	cyffeithiwch chi	cyffeithian nhw
conditional	cyffeithiwn i, cyffeithswn i	cyffeithiet ti, cyffeithset ti	cyffeithiai fo/fe/hi, cyffeithsai fo/fe/hi	cyffeithien ni, cyffeithsen ni	cyffeithiech chi, cyffeithsech chi	cyffeithien nhw, cyffeithsen nhw
preterite	cyffeithiais i, cyffeithies i	cyffeithiaist ti, cyffeithiest ti	cyffeithiodd o/e/hi	cyffeithion ni	cyffeithioch chi	cyffeithion nhw
imperative	—	cyffeithia	—	—	cyffeithiwch	—
Note: All other forms are periphrastic, as usual in colloquial Welsh.

Derived terms

• cyffeithiad (“preserving”)
• cyffeithiedig (“preserved”)
• cyffeithiwr (“confectioner”)

Mutation

Welsh mutation
radical	soft	nasal	aspirate
cyffeithio	gyffeithio	nghyffeithio	chyffeithio
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.