goruchafu
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Welsh[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From goruchaf (“highest, most supreme”) + -u.
Verb[edit]
goruchafu (first-person singular present goruchafaf)
- to dominate, to predominate
Conjugation[edit]
Conjugation (literary)
| singular | plural | impersonal | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| first | second | third | first | second | third | |||
| present indicative/future | goruchafaf | goruchefi | goruchafa | goruchafwn | goruchefwch, goruchafwch | goruchafant | goruchefir | |
| imperfect (indicative/subjunctive)/ conditional |
goruchafwn | goruchafit | goruchafai | goruchafem | goruchafech | goruchafent | goruchefid | |
| preterite | goruchefais | goruchefaist | goruchafodd | goruchafasom | goruchafasoch | goruchafasant | goruchafwyd | |
| pluperfect | goruchafaswn | goruchafasit | goruchafasai | goruchafasem | goruchafasech | goruchafasent | goruchafasid, goruchafesid | |
| present subjunctive | goruchafwyf | goruchefych | goruchafo | goruchafom | goruchafoch | goruchafont | goruchafer | |
| imperative | — | goruchafa | goruchafed | goruchafwn | goruchefwch, goruchafwch | goruchafent | goruchafer | |
| verbal noun | goruchafu | |||||||
| verbal adjectives | goruchafedig goruchafadwy | |||||||
Conjugation (colloquial)
| Inflected colloquial forms | singular | plural | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| first | second | third | first | second | third | |
| future | goruchafa i, goruchafaf i | goruchafi di | goruchafith o/e/hi, goruchafiff e/hi | goruchafwn ni | goruchafwch chi | goruchafan nhw |
| conditional | goruchafwn i, goruchafswn i | goruchafet ti, goruchafset ti | goruchafai fo/fe/hi, goruchafsai fo/fe/hi | goruchafen ni, goruchafsen ni | goruchafech chi, goruchafsech chi | goruchafen nhw, goruchafsen nhw |
| preterite | goruchafais i, goruchafes i | goruchafaist ti, goruchafest ti | goruchafodd o/e/hi | goruchafon ni | goruchafoch chi | goruchafon nhw |
| imperative | — | goruchafa | — | — | goruchafwch | — |
| Note: All other forms are periphrastic, as usual in colloquial Welsh. | ||||||
Mutation[edit]
| Welsh mutation | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| radical | soft | nasal | aspirate |
| goruchafu | oruchafu | ngoruchafu | unchanged |
| 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), “goruchafu”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies