Cognate with Cornish tewlel and Breton teurel, with further origin unclear. GPC's tentative connection to Ancient Greek πτόλῐς (ptólis, “city”) is semantically unconvincing.
taflu (first-person singular present taflaf)
singular | plural | impersonal | ||||||
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first | second | third | first | second | third | |||
present indicative/future | taflaf | tefli | teifl | taflwn | teflwch, taflwch | taflant | teflir | |
imperfect (indicative/subjunctive)/ conditional |
taflwn | taflit | taflai | taflem | taflech | taflent | teflid | |
preterite | teflais | teflaist | taflodd | taflasom | taflasoch | taflasant | taflwyd | |
pluperfect | taflaswn | taflasit | taflasai | taflasem | taflasech | taflasent | taflasid, taflesid | |
present subjunctive | taflwyf | teflych | taflo | taflom | tafloch | taflont | tafler | |
imperative | — | tafla | tafled | taflwn | teflwch, taflwch | taflent | tafler | |
verbal noun | taflu | |||||||
verbal adjectives | tafledig tafladwy |
Inflected colloquial forms | singular | plural | ||||
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first | second | third | first | second | third | |
future | tafla i, taflaf i | tafli di | taflith o/e/hi, tafliff e/hi | taflwn ni | taflwch chi | taflan nhw |
conditional | taflwn i, taflswn i | taflet ti, taflset ti | taflai fo/fe/hi, taflsai fo/fe/hi | taflen ni, taflsen ni | taflech chi, taflsech chi | taflen nhw, taflsen nhw |
preterite | taflais i, tafles i | taflaist ti, taflest ti | taflodd o/e/hi | taflon ni | tafloch chi | taflon nhw |
imperative | — | tafla | — | — | taflwch | — |
Note: All other forms are periphrastic, as usual in colloquial Welsh. |
radical | soft | nasal | aspirate |
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taflu | daflu | nhaflu | thaflu |
Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Welsh.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.