From briwo (“to wound, to bruise”), from Proto-Celtic *bruseti. Cognate with Irish brúigh (“crush”) and Latin frūstum (“piece, bit”).
brifo (first-person singular present brifaf)
singular | plural | impersonal | ||||||
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first | second | third | first | second | third | |||
present indicative/future | brifaf | brifi | brifa | brifwn | brifwch | brifant | brifir | |
imperfect (indicative/subjunctive)/ conditional |
brifwn | brifit | brifai | brifem | brifech | brifent | brifid | |
preterite | brifais | brifaist | brifodd | brifasom | brifasoch | brifasant | brifwyd | |
pluperfect | brifaswn | brifasit | brifasai | brifasem | brifasech | brifasent | brifasid, brifesid | |
present subjunctive | brifwyf | brifych | brifo | brifom | brifoch | brifont | brifer | |
imperative | — | brifa | brifed | brifwn | brifwch | brifent | brifer | |
verbal noun | brifo | |||||||
verbal adjectives | brifedig brifadwy |
Inflected colloquial forms | singular | plural | ||||
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first | second | third | first | second | third | |
future | brifa i, brifaf i | brifi di | brifith o/e/hi, brififf e/hi | brifwn ni | brifwch chi | brifan nhw |
conditional | brifwn i, brifswn i | brifet ti, brifset ti | brifai fo/fe/hi, brifsai fo/fe/hi | brifen ni, brifsen ni | brifech chi, brifsech chi | brifen nhw, brifsen nhw |
preterite | brifais i, brifes i | brifaist ti, brifest ti | brifodd o/e/hi | brifon ni | brifoch chi | brifon nhw |
imperative | — | brifa | — | — | brifwch | — |
Note: All other forms are periphrastic, as usual in colloquial Welsh. |
Welsh mutation | |||
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radical | soft | nasal | aspirate |
brifo | frifo | mrifo | unchanged |
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. |