cwffio

Welsh

Etymology

Borrowed from English cuff.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkʊfjɔ/

Verb

cwffio (first-person singular present cwffiaf)

1. (intransitive, North Wales) to fight

   Synonym: ymladd

2. (intransitive, sports, North Wales) to box

   Synonym: paffio

Conjugation

Conjugation (literary)

	singular			plural			impersonal
	first	second	third	first	second	third
present indicative/future	cwffiaf	cwffi	cwffia	cwffiwn	cwffiwch	cwffiant	cwffir
imperfect (indicative/subjunctive)/conditional	cwffiwn	cwffit	cwffiai	cwffiem	cwffiech	cwffient	cwffid
preterite	cwffiais	cwffiaist	cwffiodd	cwffiasom	cwffiasoch	cwffiasant	cwffiwyd
pluperfect	cwffiaswn	cwffiasit	cwffiasai	cwffiasem	cwffiasech	cwffiasent	cwffiasid, cwffiesid
present subjunctive	cwffiwyf	cwffiech	cwffio	cwffiom	cwffioch	cwffiont	cwffier
imperative	—	cwffia	cwffied	cwffiwn	cwffiwch	cwffient	cwffier
verbal noun	cwffio
verbal adjectives	cwffiedig cwffiadwy

Conjugation (colloquial)

Inflected colloquial forms	singular			plural
	first	second	third	first	second	third
future	cwffia i, cwffiaf i	cwffi di	cwffith o/e/hi, cwffiff e/hi	cwffiwn ni	cwffiwch chi	cwffian nhw
conditional	cwffiwn i, cwffiswn i	cwffiet ti, cwffiset ti	cwffiai fo/fe/hi, cwffisai fo/fe/hi	cwffien ni, cwffisen ni	cwffiech chi, cwffisech chi	cwffien nhw, cwffisen nhw
preterite	cwffiais i, cwffies i	cwffiaist ti, cwffiest ti	cwffiodd o/e/hi	cwffion ni	cwffioch chi	cwffion nhw
imperative	—	cwffia	—	—	cwffiwch	—
Note: All other forms are periphrastic, as usual in colloquial Welsh.

Mutation

Welsh mutation
radical	soft	nasal	aspirate
cwffio	gwffio	nghwffio	chwffio
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), “cwffio”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies