hafota

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Welsh

Etymology

From hafod (“summer dwelling”) +‎ -a.

Pronunciation

Verb

hafota (first-person singular present hafotaf, not mutable)

  1. to live in a summer or temporary abode, to pass the summer

Conjugation

Conjugation (literary)
singular plural impersonal
first second third first second third
present indicative/future hafotaaf hafotai hafota hafotawn hafotawch hafotaant hafotair
imperfect (indicative/subjunctive)/
conditional 		hafotawn hafotait hafotaai hafotaem hafotaech hafotaent hafotaid
preterite hafotaais hafotaaist hafotaodd hafotaasom hafotaasoch hafotaasant hafotawyd
pluperfect hafotaaswn hafotaasit hafotaasai hafotaasem hafotaasech hafotaasent hafotaasid, hafotaesid
present subjunctive hafotawyf hafotaych hafotao hafotaom hafotaoch hafotaont hafotaer
imperative — hafota hafotaed hafotawn hafotawch hafotaent hafotaer
verbal noun hafota
verbal adjectives hafotaedig
hafotaadwy
Conjugation (colloquial)
Inflected colloquial forms singular plural
first second third first second third
future hafota i, hafotaf i hafoti di hafotith o/e/hi, hafotiff e/hi hafotwn ni hafotwch chi hafotan nhw
conditional hafotwn i, hafotswn i hafotet ti, hafotset ti hafotai fo/fe/hi, hafotsai fo/fe/hi hafoten ni, hafotsen ni hafotech chi, hafotsech chi hafoten nhw, hafotsen nhw
preterite hafotais i, hafotes i hafotaist ti, hafotest ti hafotodd o/e/hi hafoton ni hafotoch chi hafoton nhw
imperative — hafota — — hafotwch —
Note: All other forms are periphrastic, as usual in colloquial Welsh.

Coordinate terms

  • hendrefa (“to live in a winter abode”)

Further reading

  • R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke et al., editors (1950–present), “hafota”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies
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