ymdrafferthu

Welsh

Etymology

From ym- (“self-”) +‎ trafferthu (“to trouble, to bother”).

Pronunciation

• (North Wales) IPA^(key): /ˌəmdraˈfɛrθɨ/
• (South Wales) IPA^(key): /ˌəmdraˈfɛrθi/

Verb

ymdrafferthu (first-person singular present ymdrafferthaf)

1. (intransitive) to bother, to go to the trouble, to make an effort

   Synonym: trafferthu

Conjugation

Conjugation (literary)

	singular			plural			impersonal
	first	second	third	first	second	third
present indicative/future	ymdrafferthaf	ymdrafferthi	ymdraffertha	ymdrafferthwn	ymdrafferthwch	ymdrafferthant	ymdrafferthir
imperfect (indicative/subjunctive)/ conditional	ymdrafferthwn	ymdrafferthit	ymdrafferthai	ymdrafferthem	ymdrafferthech	ymdrafferthent	ymdrafferthid
preterite	ymdrafferthais	ymdrafferthaist	ymdrafferthodd	ymdrafferthasom	ymdrafferthasoch	ymdrafferthasant	ymdrafferthwyd
pluperfect	ymdrafferthaswn	ymdrafferthasit	ymdrafferthasai	ymdrafferthasem	ymdrafferthasech	ymdrafferthasent	ymdrafferthasid, ymdrafferthesid
present subjunctive	ymdrafferthwyf	ymdrafferthych	ymdraffertho	ymdrafferthom	ymdrafferthoch	ymdrafferthont	ymdrafferther
imperative	—	ymdraffertha	ymdrafferthed	ymdrafferthwn	ymdrafferthwch	ymdrafferthent	ymdrafferther
verbal noun	ymdrafferthu
verbal adjectives	ymdrafferthedig ymdrafferthadwy

Conjugation (colloquial)

Inflected colloquial forms	singular			plural
	first	second	third	first	second	third
future	ymdraffertha i, ymdrafferthaf i	ymdrafferthi di	ymdrafferthith o/e/hi, ymdrafferthiff e/hi	ymdrafferthwn ni	ymdrafferthwch chi	ymdrafferthan nhw
conditional	ymdrafferthwn i, ymdrafferthswn i	ymdrafferthet ti, ymdrafferthset ti	ymdrafferthai fo/fe/hi, ymdrafferthsai fo/fe/hi	ymdrafferthen ni, ymdrafferthsen ni	ymdrafferthech chi, ymdrafferthsech chi	ymdrafferthen nhw, ymdrafferthsen nhw
preterite	ymdrafferthais i, ymdrafferthes i	ymdrafferthaist ti, ymdrafferthest ti	ymdrafferthodd o/e/hi	ymdrafferthon ni	ymdrafferthoch chi	ymdrafferthon nhw
imperative	—	ymdraffertha	—	—	ymdrafferthwch	—
Note: All other forms are periphrastic, as usual in colloquial Welsh.

Mutation

Welsh mutation
radical	soft	nasal	h-prothesis
ymdrafferthu	unchanged	unchanged	hymdrafferthu
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), “ymdrafferthu”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies