affeithio

Welsh

Etymology

affaith (“effect”) +‎ -io

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /aˈfei̯θjɔ/

Verb

affeithio (first-person singular present affeithiaf)

1. (archaic) to affect
2. (phonetics) to cause to undergo vowel or consonant affection

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	affeithiaf	affeithi	affeithia	affeithiwn	affeithiwch	affeithiant	affeithir
imperfect (indicative/subjunctive)/conditional	affeithiwn	affeithit	affeithiai	affeithiem	affeithiech	affeithient	affeithid
preterite	affeithiais	affeithiaist	affeithiodd	affeithiasom	affeithiasoch	affeithiasant	affeithiwyd
pluperfect	affeithiaswn	affeithiasit	affeithiasai	affeithiasem	affeithiasech	affeithiasent	affeithiasid, affeithiesid
present subjunctive	affeithiwyf	affeithiech	affeithio	affeithiom	affeithioch	affeithiont	affeithier
imperative	—	affeithia	affeithied	affeithiwn	affeithiwch	affeithient	affeithier
verbal noun	affeithio
verbal adjectives	affeithiedig affeithiadwy

Conjugation (colloquial)

Inflected colloquial forms	singular			plural
	first	second	third	first	second	third
future	affeithia i, affeithiaf i	affeithi di	affeithith o/e/hi, affeithiff e/hi	affeithiwn ni	affeithiwch chi	affeithian nhw
conditional	affeithiwn i, affeithswn i	affeithiet ti, affeithset ti	affeithiai fo/fe/hi, affeithsai fo/fe/hi	affeithien ni, affeithsen ni	affeithiech chi, affeithsech chi	affeithien nhw, affeithsen nhw
preterite	affeithiais i, affeithies i	affeithiaist ti, affeithiest ti	affeithiodd o/e/hi	affeithion ni	affeithioch chi	affeithion nhw
imperative	—	affeithia	—	—	affeithiwch	—
Note: All other forms are periphrastic, as usual in colloquial Welsh.

Derived terms

• affeithiad (“affection”)

Mutation

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