ad-drefnu
Welsh
editEtymology
editFrom ad- (“re-”) + trefnu (“to arrange”).
Pronunciation
edit- (North Wales) IPA(key): /ˌadˈdrevnɨ̞/
- (South Wales) IPA(key): /ˌadˈdrevni/
Verb
editad-drefnu (first-person singular present ad-drefnaf)
Conjugation
editConjugation (literary)
singular | plural | impersonal | ||||||
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first | second | third | first | second | third | |||
present indicative/future | ad-drefnaf | ad-drefni | ad-drefn, ad-drefna | ad-drefnwn | ad-drefnwch | ad-drefnant | ad-drefnir | |
imperfect (indicative/subjunctive)/ conditional |
ad-drefnwn | ad-drefnit | ad-drefnai | ad-drefnem | ad-drefnech | ad-drefnent | ad-drefnid | |
preterite | ad-drefnais | ad-drefnaist | ad-drefnodd | ad-drefnasom | ad-drefnasoch | ad-drefnasant | ad-drefnwyd | |
pluperfect | ad-drefnaswn | ad-drefnasit | ad-drefnasai | ad-drefnasem | ad-drefnasech | ad-drefnasent | ad-drefnasid, ad-drefnesid | |
present subjunctive | ad-drefnwyf | ad-drefnych | ad-drefno | ad-drefnom | ad-drefnoch | ad-drefnont | ad-drefner | |
imperative | — | ad-drefn, ad-drefna | ad-drefned | ad-drefnwn | ad-drefnwch | ad-drefnent | ad-drefner | |
verbal noun | ad-drefnu | |||||||
verbal adjectives | ad-drefnedig ad-drefnadwy |
Conjugation (colloquial)
Inflected colloquial forms | singular | plural | ||||
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first | second | third | first | second | third | |
future | ad-drefna i, ad-drefnaf i | ad-drefni di | ad-drefnith o/e/hi, ad-drefniff e/hi | ad-drefnwn ni | ad-drefnwch chi | ad-drefnan nhw |
conditional | ad-drefnwn i, ad-drefnswn i | ad-drefnet ti, ad-drefnset ti | ad-drefnai fo/fe/hi, ad-drefnsai fo/fe/hi | ad-drefnen ni, ad-drefnsen ni | ad-drefnech chi, ad-drefnsech chi | ad-drefnen nhw, ad-drefnsen nhw |
preterite | ad-drefnais i, ad-drefnes i | ad-drefnaist ti, ad-drefnest ti | ad-drefnodd o/e/hi | ad-drefnon ni | ad-drefnoch chi | ad-drefnon nhw |
imperative | — | ad-drefna | — | — | ad-drefnwch | — |
Note: All other forms are periphrastic, as usual in colloquial Welsh. |
Mutation
editWelsh mutation | |||
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radical | soft | nasal | h-prothesis |
ad-drefnu | unchanged | 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), “ad-drefnu”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies