cyfweld

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Welsh

Alternative forms

Etymology

From cyf- +‎ gweld.

Pronunciation

Verb

cyfweld (first-person singular present cyfwelaf)

  1. (transitive) to interview

Usage notes

As the stress is on the final syllable, technically, this should be spelt with a hyphen as cyf-weld. However, the older spelling cyfweld is very familiar and so extremely common.

Conjugation

Conjugation (literary)
singular plural impersonal
first second third first second third
present indicative/future cyfwelaf cyfweli cyfwela cyfwelwn cyfwelwch cyfwelant cyfwelir
imperfect (indicative/subjunctive)/
conditional 		cyfwelwn cyfwelit cyfwelai cyfwelem cyfwelech cyfwelent cyfwelid
preterite cyfwelais cyfwelaist cyfwelodd cyfwelasom cyfwelasoch cyfwelasant cyfwelwyd
pluperfect cyfwelaswn cyfwelasit cyfwelasai cyfwelasem cyfwelasech cyfwelasent cyfwelasid, cyfwelesid
present subjunctive cyfwelwyf cyfwelych cyfwelo cyfwelom cyfweloch cyfwelont cyfweler
imperative — cyfwela cyfweled cyfwelwn cyfwelwch cyfwelent cyfweler
verbal noun cyfweld
verbal adjectives cyfweledig
cyfweladwy
Conjugation (colloquial)
Inflected colloquial forms singular plural
first second third first second third
future cyfwela i, cyfwelaf i cyfweli di cyfwelith o/e/hi, cyfweliff e/hi cyfwelwn ni cyfwelwch chi cyfwelan nhw
conditional cyfwelwn i, cyfwelswn i cyfwelet ti, cyfwelset ti cyfwelai fo/fe/hi, cyfwelsai fo/fe/hi cyfwelen ni, cyfwelsen ni cyfwelech chi, cyfwelsech chi cyfwelen nhw, cyfwelsen nhw
preterite cyfwelais i, cyfweles i cyfwelaist ti, cyfwelest ti cyfwelodd o/e/hi cyfwelon ni cyfweloch chi cyfwelon nhw
imperative — cyfwela — — cyfwelwch —
Note: All other forms are periphrastic, as usual in colloquial Welsh.

Derived terms

Mutation

Welsh mutation
radical soft nasal aspirate
cyfweld gyfweld nghyfweld chyfweld
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), “cyf-weld”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies
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