arafu

Welsh

Etymology

From araf (“slow”) +‎ -u.

Pronunciation

• (North Wales) IPA^(key): /aˈravɨ̞/
• (South Wales) IPA^(key): /aˈra(ː)vi/
• Rhymes: -avɨ̞

Verb

arafu (first-person singular present arafaf)

1. to slow down

Conjugation

Conjugation (literary)

	singular			plural			impersonal
	first	second	third	first	second	third
present indicative/future	arafiaf	arefi	arafi, arafia	arafiwn	arefiwch, arafiwch	arafiant	arefir
imperfect (indicative/subjunctive)/conditional	arafiwn	arefit	arafiai	arafiem	arafiech	arafient	arefid
preterite	arefiais	arefiaist	arafiodd	arafiasom	arafiasoch	arafiasant	arafiwyd
pluperfect	arafiaswn	arafiasit	arafiasai	arafiasem	arafiasech	arafiasent	arafiasid, arafiesid
present subjunctive	arafiwyf	arefiech	arafio	arafiom	arafioch	arafiont	arafier
imperative	—	arafi, arafia	arafied	arafiwn	arefiwch, arafiwch	arafient	arafier
verbal noun	arafu
verbal adjectives	arafiedig arafiadwy

Conjugation (colloquial)

Inflected colloquial forms	singular			plural
	first	second	third	first	second	third
future	arafa i, arafaf i	arafi di	arafith o/e/hi, arafiff e/hi	arafwn ni	arafwch chi	arafan nhw
conditional	arafwn i, arafswn i	arafet ti, arafset ti	arafai fo/fe/hi, arafsai fo/fe/hi	arafen ni, arafsen ni	arafech chi, arafsech chi	arafen nhw, arafsen nhw
preterite	arafais i, arafes i	arafaist ti, arafest ti	arafodd o/e/hi	arafon ni	arafoch chi	arafon nhw
imperative	—	arafa	—	—	arafwch	—
Note: All other forms are periphrastic, as usual in colloquial Welsh.

Mutation

Welsh mutation
radical	soft	nasal	h-prothesis
arafu	unchanged	unchanged	harafu
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

• R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke et al., editors (1950–present), “arafu”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies