hendrefa
Welsh
editEtymology
editFrom hendref (“winter dwelling”) + -a.
Pronunciation
edit- (North Wales) IPA(key): /hɛnˈdrɛva/
- (South Wales) IPA(key): /hɛnˈdreːva/, /hɛnˈdrɛva/
- Rhymes: -ɛva
Verb
edithendrefa (first-person singular present hendrefaf, not mutable)
- to live in a winter or temporary abode, to pass the winter, to overwinter
Conjugation
editConjugation (literary)
singular | plural | impersonal | ||||||
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first | second | third | first | second | third | |||
present indicative/future | hendrefaf | hendrefi | hendrefa | hendrefwn | hendrefwch | hendrefant | hendrefir | |
imperfect (indicative/subjunctive)/ conditional |
hendrefwn | hendrefit | hendrefai | hendrefem | hendrefech | hendrefent | hendrefid | |
preterite | hendrefais | hendrefaist | hendrefodd | hendrefasom | hendrefasoch | hendrefasant | hendrefwyd | |
pluperfect | hendrefaswn | hendrefasit | hendrefasai | hendrefasem | hendrefasech | hendrefasent | hendrefasid, hendrefesid | |
present subjunctive | hendrefwyf | hendrefych | hendrefo | hendrefom | hendrefoch | hendrefont | hendrefer | |
imperative | — | hendrefa | hendrefed | hendrefwn | hendrefwch | hendrefent | hendrefer | |
verbal noun | hendrefa | |||||||
verbal adjectives | hendrefedig hendrefadwy |
Conjugation (colloquial)
Inflected colloquial forms | singular | plural | ||||
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first | second | third | first | second | third | |
future | hendrefa i, hendrefaf i | hendrefi di | hendrefith o/e/hi, hendrefiff e/hi | hendrefwn ni | hendrefwch chi | hendrefan nhw |
conditional | hendrefwn i, hendrefswn i | hendrefet ti, hendrefset ti | hendrefai fo/fe/hi, hendrefsai fo/fe/hi | hendrefen ni, hendrefsen ni | hendrefech chi, hendrefsech chi | hendrefen nhw, hendrefsen nhw |
preterite | hendrefais i, hendrefes i | hendrefaist ti, hendrefest ti | hendrefodd o/e/hi | hendrefon ni | hendrefoch chi | hendrefon nhw |
imperative | — | hendrefa | — | — | hendrefwch | — |
Note: All other forms are periphrastic, as usual in colloquial Welsh. |
Coordinate terms
edit- hafota (“to live in a summer abode”)
Related terms
edit- trawstrefa (“to practise transhumance”)
Further reading
edit- R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke et al., editors (1950–present), “hendrefa”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies