argraffu
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Welsh
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From argraff (“impression, imprint”) + -u.
Pronunciation
[edit]- (North Wales) IPA(key): /arˈɡrafɨ̞/
- (South Wales) IPA(key): /arˈɡrafi/
Verb
[edit]argraffu (first-person singular present argraffaf)
Conjugation
[edit]Conjugation (literary)
| singular | plural | impersonal | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| first | second | third | first | second | third | |||
| present indicative/future | argraffaf | argreffi | argraffa | argraffwn | argreffwch, argraffwch | argraffant | argreffir | |
| imperfect (indicative/subjunctive)/ conditional |
argraffwn | argraffit | argraffai | argraffem | argraffech | argraffent | argreffid | |
| preterite | argreffais | argreffaist | argraffodd | argraffasom | argraffasoch | argraffasant | argraffwyd | |
| pluperfect | argraffaswn | argraffasit | argraffasai | argraffasem | argraffasech | argraffasent | argraffasid, argraffesid | |
| present subjunctive | argraffwyf | argreffych | argraffo | argraffom | argraffoch | argraffont | argraffer | |
| imperative | — | argraffa | argraffed | argraffwn | argreffwch, argraffwch | argraffent | argraffer | |
| verbal noun | argraffu | |||||||
| verbal adjectives | argraffedig argraffadwy | |||||||
Conjugation (colloquial)
| Inflected colloquial forms | singular | plural | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| first | second | third | first | second | third | |
| future | argraffa i, argraffaf i | argraffi di | argraffith o/e/hi, argraffiff e/hi | argraffwn ni | argraffwch chi | argraffan nhw |
| conditional | argraffwn i, argraffswn i | argraffet ti, argraffset ti | argraffai fo/fe/hi, argraffsai fo/fe/hi | argraffen ni, argraffsen ni | argraffech chi, argraffsech chi | argraffen nhw, argraffsen nhw |
| preterite | argraffais i, argraffes i | argraffaist ti, argraffest ti | argraffodd o/e/hi | argraffon ni | argraffoch chi | argraffon nhw |
| imperative | — | argraffa | — | — | argraffwch | — |
| Note: All other forms are periphrastic, as usual in colloquial Welsh. | ||||||
Derived terms
[edit]- adargraffu (“to reprint”)
- argraffwr (“printer”)
- argraffydd (“printer”)
- peiriant argraffu (“printer”)
Mutation
[edit]| Welsh mutation | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| radical | soft | nasal | h-prothesis |
| argraffu | unchanged | unchanged | hargraffu |
| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. | |||
Further reading
[edit]- R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke et al., editors (1950–present), “argraffu”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies