From terfyn (“end, termination”) + -u.
terfynu (first-person singular present terfynaf)
singular | plural | impersonal | ||||||
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first | second | third | first | second | third | |||
present indicative/future | terfynaf | terfyni | terfyna | terfynwn | terfynwch | terfynant | terfynir | |
imperfect (indicative/subjunctive)/ conditional |
terfynwn | terfynit | terfynai | terfynem | terfynech | terfynent | terfynid | |
preterite | terfynais | terfynaist | terfynodd | terfynasom | terfynasoch | terfynasant | terfynwyd | |
pluperfect | terfynaswn | terfynasit | terfynasai | terfynasem | terfynasech | terfynasent | terfynasid, terfynesid | |
present subjunctive | terfynwyf | terfynych | terfyno | terfynom | terfynoch | terfynont | terfyner | |
imperative | — | terfyna | terfyned | terfynwn | terfynwch | terfynent | terfyner | |
verbal noun | terfynu | |||||||
verbal adjectives | terfynedig terfynadwy |
Inflected colloquial forms | singular | plural | ||||
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first | second | third | first | second | third | |
future | terfyna i, terfynaf i | terfyni di | terfynith o/e/hi, terfyniff e/hi | terfynwn ni | terfynwch chi | terfynan nhw |
conditional | terfynwn i, terfynswn i | terfynet ti, terfynset ti | terfynai fo/fe/hi, terfynsai fo/fe/hi | terfynen ni, terfynsen ni | terfynech chi, terfynsech chi | terfynen nhw, terfynsen nhw |
preterite | terfynais i, terfynes i | terfynaist ti, terfynest ti | terfynodd o/e/hi | terfynon ni | terfynoch chi | terfynon nhw |
imperative | — | terfyna | — | — | terfynwch | — |
Note: All other forms are periphrastic, as usual in colloquial Welsh. |
Welsh mutation | |||
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radical | soft | nasal | aspirate |
terfynu | derfynu | nherfynu | therfynu |
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. |