gorchfygu

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Welsh

Etymology

Syncopic form of gorchyfygu, from Middle Welsh gorchyvygu.

Pronunciation

Verb

gorchfygu (first-person singular present gorchfygaf)

  1. to conquer, to defeat
    Synonyms: trechu, goresgyn, maeddu

Conjugation

Conjugation (literary)
singular plural impersonal
first second third first second third
present indicative/future gorchfygaf gorchfygi gorchfyga gorchfygwn gorchfygwch gorchfygant gorchfygir
imperfect (indicative/subjunctive)/
conditional 		gorchfygwn gorchfygit gorchfygai gorchfygem gorchfygech gorchfygent gorchfygid
preterite gorchfygais gorchfygaist gorchfygodd gorchfygasom gorchfygasoch gorchfygasant gorchfygwyd
pluperfect gorchfygaswn gorchfygasit gorchfygasai gorchfygasem gorchfygasech gorchfygasent gorchfygasid, gorchfygesid
present subjunctive gorchfygwyf gorchfygych gorchfygo gorchfygom gorchfygoch gorchfygont gorchfyger
imperative — gorchfyga gorchfyged gorchfygwn gorchfygwch gorchfygent gorchfyger
verbal noun gorchfygu
verbal adjectives gorchfygedig
gorchfygadwy
Conjugation (colloquial)
Inflected colloquial forms singular plural
first second third first second third
future gorchfyga i, gorchfygaf i gorchfygi di gorchfygith o/e/hi, gorchfygiff e/hi gorchfygwn ni gorchfygwch chi gorchfygan nhw
conditional gorchfygwn i, gorchfygswn i gorchfyget ti, gorchfygset ti gorchfygai fo/fe/hi, gorchfygsai fo/fe/hi gorchfygen ni, gorchfygsen ni gorchfygech chi, gorchfygsech chi gorchfygen nhw, gorchfygsen nhw
preterite gorchfygais i, gorchfyges i gorchfygaist ti, gorchfygest ti gorchfygodd o/e/hi gorchfygon ni gorchfygoch chi gorchfygon nhw
imperative — gorchfyga — — gorchfygwch —
Note: All other forms are periphrastic, as usual in colloquial Welsh.

Derived terms

Mutation

Welsh mutation
radical soft nasal aspirate
gorchfygu orchfygu ngorchfygu unchanged
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), “gorchfygu”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies
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