coffáu

Welsh

Alternative forms

• coffa

Etymology

cof (“memory”) +‎ -hau

Pronunciation

• (North Wales) IPA^(key): /kɔˈfaɨ̯/
• (South Wales) IPA^(key): /kɔˈfai̯/

Verb

coffáu (first-person singular present coffâf)

1. to recall, to remember

   Synonym: atgofio

2. to note, to record

   Synonyms: cofnodi, croniclo

3. to commemorate, to memorialise

   Synonyms: anfarwoli, anrhydeddu

Conjugation

Conjugation of coffáu (literary)

	singular			plural			impersonal
	first	second	third	first	second	third
present indicative/future	coffâf	coffei	coffâ	coffawn	coffewch	coffânt	coffeir
imperfect (indicative/subjunctive)/ conditional	coffawn	coffait	coffâi	coffaem	coffaech	coffaent	coffeid
preterite	coffeais	coffeaist	coffaodd	coffasom	coffasoch	coffasant	coffawyd
pluperfect	coffaswn	coffasit	coffasai	coffasem	coffasech	coffasent	coffasid, coffesid
present subjunctive	coffawyf	coffeych	coffao	coffaom	coffaoch	coffaont	coffaer
imperative	—	coffâ	coffaed	coffawn	coffewch	coffaent	coffaer
verbal noun	coffáu
verbal adjectives	coffedig coffadwy

Derived terms

• atgoffáu (alternative form of atgoffa (“to remind”))

Further reading

• D. G. Lewis, N. Lewis, editors (2005–present), “coffáu”, in Gweiadur: the Welsh–English Dictionary, Gwerin
• R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke, et al., editors (1950–present), “coffáu”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies