cefnogi
Welsh
editEtymology
editPronunciation
editVerb
editcefnogi (first-person singular present cefnogaf)
- (transitive) to support, to encourage, to back
- (transitive) to second (a motion)
Conjugation
editConjugation (literary)
singular | plural | impersonal | ||||||
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first | second | third | first | second | third | |||
present indicative/future | cefnogaf | cefnogi | cefnoga | cefnogwn | cefnogwch | cefnogant | cefnogir | |
imperfect (indicative/subjunctive)/ conditional |
cefnogwn | cefnogit | cefnogai | cefnogem | cefnogech | cefnogent | cefnogid | |
preterite | cefnogais | cefnogaist | cefnogodd | cefnogasom | cefnogasoch | cefnogasant | cefnogwyd | |
pluperfect | cefnogaswn | cefnogasit | cefnogasai | cefnogasem | cefnogasech | cefnogasent | cefnogasid, cefnogesid | |
present subjunctive | cefnogwyf | cefnogych | cefnogo | cefnogom | cefnogoch | cefnogont | cefnoger | |
imperative | — | cefnoga | cefnoged | cefnogwn | cefnogwch | cefnogent | cefnoger | |
verbal noun | cefnogi | |||||||
verbal adjectives | cefnogedig cefnogadwy |
Conjugation (colloquial)
Inflected colloquial forms | singular | plural | ||||
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first | second | third | first | second | third | |
future | cefnoga i, cefnogaf i | cefnogi di | cefnogith o/e/hi, cefnogiff e/hi | cefnogwn ni | cefnogwch chi | cefnogan nhw |
conditional | cefnogwn i, cefnogswn i | cefnoget ti, cefnogset ti | cefnogai fo/fe/hi, cefnogsai fo/fe/hi | cefnogen ni, cefnogsen ni | cefnogech chi, cefnogsech chi | cefnogen nhw, cefnogsen nhw |
preterite | cefnogais i, cefnoges i | cefnogaist ti, cefnogest ti | cefnogodd o/e/hi | cefnogon ni | cefnogoch chi | cefnogon nhw |
imperative | — | cefnoga | — | — | cefnogwch | — |
Note: All other forms are periphrastic, as usual in colloquial Welsh. |
Derived terms
edit- cefnogwr (“supporter”)
Mutation
editWelsh mutation | |||
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radical | soft | nasal | aspirate |
cefnogi | gefnogi | nghefnogi | chefnogi |
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. |
Further reading
edit- R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke et al., editors (1950–present), “cefnogi”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies