rhifo

Welsh

Etymology

rhif (“number”) +‎ -o

Pronunciation

• (North Wales) IPA^(key): /ˈr̥ɪvɔ/
• (South Wales) IPA^(key): /ˈr̥iːvɔ/, /ˈr̥ɪvɔ/
• Rhymes: -ɪvɔ

Verb

rhifo (first-person singular present rhifaf)

1. to count, number, reckon

   Synonym: cyfrif

Conjugation

Conjugation of rhifo (literary)

	singular			plural			impersonal
	first	second	third	first	second	third
present indicative/future	rhifaf	rhifi	rhif, rhifa	rhifwn	rhifwch	rhifant	rhifir
imperfect (indicative/subjunctive)/ conditional	rhifwn	rhifit	rhifai	rhifem	rhifech	rhifent	rhifid
preterite	rhifais	rhifaist	rhifodd	rhifasom	rhifasoch	rhifasant	rhifwyd
pluperfect	rhifaswn	rhifasit	rhifasai	rhifasem	rhifasech	rhifasent	rhifasid, rhifesid
present subjunctive	rhifwyf	rhifych	rhifo	rhifom	rhifoch	rhifont	rhifer
imperative	—	rhif, rhifa	rhifed	rhifwn	rhifwch	rhifent	rhifer
verbal noun	rhifo
verbal adjectives	rhifedig rhifadwy

Conjugation of rhifo (colloquial)

inflected colloquial forms	singular			plural
	first	second	third	first	second	third
future	enrhifa i, enrhifaf i	enrhifi di	enrhifith o/e/hi, enrhififf e/hi	enrhifwn ni	enrhifwch chi	enrhifan nhw
conditional	enrhifwn i, enrhifswn i	enrhifet ti, enrhifset ti	enrhifai fo/fe/hi, enrhifsai fo/fe/hi	enrhifen ni, enrhifsen ni	enrhifech chi, enrhifsech chi	enrhifen nhw, enrhifsen nhw
preterite	enrhifais i, enrhifes i	enrhifaist ti, enrhifest ti	enrhifodd o/e/hi	enrhifon ni	enrhifoch chi	enrhifon nhw
imperative	—	enrhifa	—	—	enrhifwch	—

Note: All other forms are periphrastic, as usual in colloquial Welsh.

Derived terms

• enrhifo (“to evaluate”)
• rhifadwy (“countable”)
• rhifo at ddeg (“to count up to ten”)
• rhifo paderau (“to tell one's beads, say the rosary”)
• rhifo'r llyfrithen (“to charm a sty on the eyelid”)

Mutation

Mutated forms of rhifo

radical	soft	nasal	aspirate
rhifo	rifo	unchanged	unchanged

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Welsh.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

References

• Delyth Prys; J.P.M. Jones; Owain Davies; Gruffudd Prys (2006), Y Termiadur: termau wedi'u safoni; standardised terminology‎^[1] (in Welsh), Cardiff: Awdurdod cymwysterau, cwricwlwm ac asesu Cymru (Qualifications curriculum & assessment authority for Wales), →ISBN
• R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke, et al., editors (1950–present), “rhifo”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies