tryferu
Welsh
editEtymology
editFrom tryfer (“harpoon, spear”) + -u.
Pronunciation
edit- (North Wales) IPA(key): /trəˈvɛrɨ̞/
- (South Wales) IPA(key): /trəˈveːri/, /trəˈvɛri/
Verb
edittryferu (first-person singular present tryferaf)
Conjugation
editConjugation (literary)
singular | plural | impersonal | ||||||
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first | second | third | first | second | third | |||
present indicative/future | tryferaf | tryferi | tryfera | tryferwn | tryferwch | tryferant | tryferir | |
imperfect (indicative/subjunctive)/ conditional |
tryferwn | tryferit | tryferai | tryferem | tryferech | tryferent | tryferid | |
preterite | tryferais | tryferaist | tryferodd | tryferasom | tryferasoch | tryferasant | tryferwyd | |
pluperfect | tryferaswn | tryferasit | tryferasai | tryferasem | tryferasech | tryferasent | tryferasid, tryferesid | |
present subjunctive | tryferwyf | tryferych | tryfero | tryferom | tryferoch | tryferont | tryferer | |
imperative | — | tryfera | tryfered | tryferwn | tryferwch | tryferent | tryferer | |
verbal noun | tryferu | |||||||
verbal adjectives | tryferedig tryferadwy |
Conjugation (colloquial)
Inflected colloquial forms | singular | plural | ||||
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first | second | third | first | second | third | |
future | tryfera i, tryferaf i | tryferi di | tryferith o/e/hi, tryferiff e/hi | tryferwn ni | tryferwch chi | tryferan nhw |
conditional | tryferwn i, tryferswn i | tryferet ti, tryferset ti | tryferai fo/fe/hi, tryfersai fo/fe/hi | tryferen ni, tryfersen ni | tryferech chi, tryfersech chi | tryferen nhw, tryfersen nhw |
preterite | tryferais i, tryferes i | tryferaist ti, tryferest ti | tryferodd o/e/hi | tryferon ni | tryferoch chi | tryferon nhw |
imperative | — | tryfera | — | — | tryferwch | — |
Note: All other forms are periphrastic, as usual in colloquial Welsh. |
Mutation
editWelsh mutation | |||
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radical | soft | nasal | aspirate |
tryferu | dryferu | nhryferu | thryferu |
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. |
Further reading
edit- R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke et al., editors (1950–present), “tryferu”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies