clafychu

Welsh

Alternative forms

• clefychu

Etymology

claf (“sick”) +‎ -ychu

Verb

clafychu (first-person singular present clafychaf)

1. (intransitive) to sicken, to become sick
2. (intransitive, weather) to become overcast

Conjugation

Conjugation (literary)

	singular			plural			impersonal
	first	second	third	first	second	third
present indicative/future	clafychaf	clafychi	clafycha	clafychwn	clafychwch	clafychant	clafychir
imperfect (indicative/subjunctive)/ conditional	clafychwn	clafychit	clafychai	clafychem	clafychech	clafychent	clafychid
preterite	clafychais	clafychaist	clafychodd	clafychasom	clafychasoch	clafychasant	clafychwyd
pluperfect	clafychaswn	clafychasit	clafychasai	clafychasem	clafychasech	clafychasent	clafychasid, clafychesid
present subjunctive	clafychwyf	clafychych	clafycho	clafychom	clafychoch	clafychont	clafycher
imperative	—	clafycha	clafyched	clafychwn	clafychwch	clafychent	clafycher
verbal noun	clafychu
verbal adjectives	clafychedig clafychadwy

Conjugation (colloquial)

Inflected colloquial forms	singular			plural
	first	second	third	first	second	third
future	clafycha i, clafychaf i	clafychi di	clafychith o/e/hi, clafychiff e/hi	clafychwn ni	clafychwch chi	clafychan nhw
conditional	clafychwn i, clafychswn i	clafychet ti, clafychset ti	clafychai fo/fe/hi, clafychsai fo/fe/hi	clafychen ni, clafychsen ni	clafychech chi, clafychsech chi	clafychen nhw, clafychsen nhw
preterite	clafychais i, clafyches i	clafychaist ti, clafychest ti	clafychodd o/e/hi	clafychon ni	clafychoch chi	clafychon nhw
imperative	—	clafycha	—	—	clafychwch	—
Note: All other forms are periphrastic, as usual in colloquial Welsh.

Derived terms

• clafychiad (“illness”)
• clafychus (“ill”)

Mutation

Mutated forms of clafychu

radical	soft	nasal	aspirate
clafychu	glafychu	nghlafychu	chlafychu

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

Further reading

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