llwfrhau

Welsh

Etymology

From llwfr (“faint-hearted; cowardly”) +‎ -hau.

Pronunciation

• (North Wales) IPA^(key): /ɬʊvrˈhaɨ̯/
• (South Wales) IPA^(key): /ɬʊvrˈhai̯/
• Rhymes: -aɨ̯

Verb

llwfrhau (first-person singular present llwfrhaf)

1. to lose heart
2. to become cowardly

Conjugation

Conjugation (literary)

	singular			plural			impersonal
	first	second	third	first	second	third
present indicative/future	llwfraf	llwfrei	llwfrha	llwfrawn	llwfrewch	llwfrânt	llwfreir
imperfect (indicative/subjunctive)/conditional	llwfrawn	llwfrait	llwfrâi	llwfraem	llwfraech	llwfraent	llwfreid
preterite	llwfreais	llwfreaist	llwfraodd	llwfrasom	llwfrasoch	llwfrasant	llwfrawyd
pluperfect	llwfraswn	llwfrasit	llwfrasai	llwfrasem	llwfrasech	llwfrasent	llwfrasid, llwfresid
present subjunctive	llwfrawyf	llwfreych	llwfrao	llwfraom	llwfraoch	llwfraont	llwfraer
imperative	—	llwfrha	llwfraed	llwfrawn	llwfrewch	llwfraent	llwfraer
verbal noun	llwfrhau
verbal adjectives	—

Mutation

Welsh mutation
radical	soft	nasal	aspirate
llwfrhau	lwfrhau	unchanged	unchanged
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), “llwfrhau”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies