rhyfeddu

Welsh

Etymology

From rhyfedd (“strange, wondrous”) +‎ -u.

Pronunciation

• (North Wales) IPA^(key): /r̥əˈvɛðɨ̞/
• (South Wales) IPA^(key): /r̥əˈveːði/, /r̥əˈvɛði/

Verb

rhyfeddu (first-person singular present rhyfeddaf)

1. (with preposition at) to wonder (at), to marvel (at), to be amazed (at)

Conjugation

Conjugation (literary)

	singular			plural			impersonal
	first	second	third	first	second	third
present indicative/future	rhyfeddaf	rhyfeddi	rhyfedda	rhyfeddwn	rhyfeddwch	rhyfeddant	rhyfeddir
imperfect (indicative/subjunctive)/ conditional	rhyfeddwn	rhyfeddit	rhyfeddai	rhyfeddem	rhyfeddech	rhyfeddent	rhyfeddid
preterite	rhyfeddais	rhyfeddaist	rhyfeddodd	rhyfeddasom	rhyfeddasoch	rhyfeddasant	rhyfeddwyd
pluperfect	rhyfeddaswn	rhyfeddasit	rhyfeddasai	rhyfeddasem	rhyfeddasech	rhyfeddasent	rhyfeddasid, rhyfeddesid
present subjunctive	rhyfeddwyf	rhyfeddych	rhyfeddo	rhyfeddom	rhyfeddoch	rhyfeddont	rhyfedder
imperative	—	rhyfedda	rhyfedded	rhyfeddwn	rhyfeddwch	rhyfeddent	rhyfedder
verbal noun	rhyfeddu
verbal adjectives	rhyfeddedig rhyfeddadwy

Conjugation (colloquial)

Inflected colloquial forms	singular			plural
	first	second	third	first	second	third
future	rhyfedda i, rhyfeddaf i	rhyfeddi di	rhyfeddith o/e/hi, rhyfeddiff e/hi	rhyfeddwn ni	rhyfeddwch chi	rhyfeddan nhw
conditional	rhyfeddwn i, rhyfeddswn i	rhyfeddet ti, rhyfeddset ti	rhyfeddai fo/fe/hi, rhyfeddsai fo/fe/hi	rhyfedden ni, rhyfeddsen ni	rhyfeddech chi, rhyfeddsech chi	rhyfedden nhw, rhyfeddsen nhw
preterite	rhyfeddais i, rhyfeddes i	rhyfeddaist ti, rhyfeddest ti	rhyfeddodd o/e/hi	rhyfeddon ni	rhyfeddoch chi	rhyfeddon nhw
imperative	—	rhyfedda	—	—	rhyfeddwch	—
Note: All other forms are periphrastic, as usual in colloquial Welsh.

Mutation

Welsh mutation
radical	soft	nasal	aspirate
rhyfeddu	ryfeddu	unchanged	unchanged
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References

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