cyfaddef
Jump to navigation
Jump to search
Welsh[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From cyf- + addef (“to admit, to confess”).
Pronunciation[edit]
- (North Wales) IPA(key): /kəˈvaðɛv/
- (South Wales) IPA(key): /kəˈva(ː)ðɛv/
Verb[edit]
cyfaddef (first-person singular present cyfaddefaf)
Conjugation[edit]
Conjugation (literary)
| singular | plural | impersonal | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| first | second | third | first | second | third | |||
| present indicative/future | cyfaddefaf | cyfaddefi | cyfeddyf, cyfaddefa | cyfaddefwn | cyfaddefwch | cyfaddefant | cyfaddefir | |
| imperfect (indicative/subjunctive)/ conditional |
cyfaddefwn | cyfaddefit | cyfaddefai | cyfaddefem | cyfaddefech | cyfaddefent | cyfaddefid | |
| preterite | cyfaddefais | cyfaddefaist | cyfaddefodd | cyfaddefasom | cyfaddefasoch | cyfaddefasant | cyfaddefwyd | |
| pluperfect | cyfaddefaswn | cyfaddefasit | cyfaddefasai | cyfaddefasem | cyfaddefasech | cyfaddefasent | cyfaddefasid, cyfaddefesid | |
| present subjunctive | cyfaddefwyf | cyfaddefych | cyfaddefo | cyfaddefom | cyfaddefoch | cyfaddefont | cyfaddefer | |
| imperative | — | cyfeddyf, cyfaddefa | cyfaddefed | cyfaddefwn | cyfaddefwch | cyfaddefent | cyfaddefer | |
| verbal noun | cyfaddef | |||||||
| verbal adjectives | cyfaddefedig cyfaddefadwy | |||||||
Conjugation (colloquial)
| Inflected colloquial forms | singular | plural | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| first | second | third | first | second | third | |
| future | cyfaddefa i, cyfaddefaf i | cyfaddefi di | cyfaddefith o/e/hi, cyfaddefiff e/hi | cyfaddefwn ni | cyfaddefwch chi | cyfaddefan nhw |
| conditional | cyfaddefwn i, cyfaddefswn i | cyfaddefet ti, cyfaddefset ti | cyfaddefai fo/fe/hi, cyfaddefsai fo/fe/hi | cyfaddefen ni, cyfaddefsen ni | cyfaddefech chi, cyfaddefsech chi | cyfaddefen nhw, cyfaddefsen nhw |
| preterite | cyfaddefais i, cyfaddefes i | cyfaddefaist ti, cyfaddefest ti | cyfaddefodd o/e/hi | cyfaddefon ni | cyfaddefoch chi | cyfaddefon nhw |
| imperative | — | cyfaddefa | — | — | cyfaddefwch | — |
| Note: All other forms are periphrastic, as usual in colloquial Welsh. | ||||||
Derived terms[edit]
- cyfaddefiad (“admission, confession”)
Mutation[edit]
| Welsh mutation | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| radical | soft | nasal | aspirate |
| cyfaddef | gyfaddef | nghyfaddef | chyfaddef |
| 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), “cyfaddef”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies