From bref (“bleat, bellow, cry”) + -u.
brefu (first-person singular present brefaf)
singular | plural | impersonal | ||||||
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first | second | third | first | second | third | |||
present indicative/future | brefaf | brefi | brefa | brefwn | brefwch | brefant | brefir | |
imperfect (indicative/subjunctive)/ conditional |
brefwn | brefit | brefai | brefem | brefech | brefent | brefid | |
preterite | brefais | brefaist | brefodd | brefasom | brefasoch | brefasant | brefwyd | |
pluperfect | brefaswn | brefasit | brefasai | brefasem | brefasech | brefasent | brefasid, brefesid | |
present subjunctive | brefwyf | brefych | brefo | brefom | brefoch | brefont | brefer | |
imperative | — | brefa | brefed | brefwn | brefwch | brefent | brefer | |
verbal noun | brefu | |||||||
verbal adjectives | brefedig brefadwy |
Inflected colloquial forms | singular | plural | ||||
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first | second | third | first | second | third | |
future | brefa i, brefaf i | brefi di | brefith o/e/hi, brefiff e/hi | brefwn ni | brefwch chi | brefan nhw |
conditional | brefwn i, brefswn i | brefet ti, brefset ti | brefai fo/fe/hi, brefsai fo/fe/hi | brefen ni, brefsen ni | brefech chi, brefsech chi | brefen nhw, brefsen nhw |
preterite | brefais i, brefes i | brefaist ti, brefest ti | brefodd o/e/hi | brefon ni | brefoch chi | brefon nhw |
imperative | — | brefa | — | — | brefwch | — |
Note: All other forms are periphrastic, as usual in colloquial Welsh. |
Welsh mutation | |||
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radical | soft | nasal | aspirate |
brefu | frefu | mrefu | unchanged |
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. |