dyfnhau
Welsh
editEtymology
editPronunciation
edit- (North Wales) IPA(key): /dəvnˈhaɨ̯/
- (South Wales) IPA(key): /dəvnˈhai̯/
- Rhymes: -aɨ̯
Verb
editdyfnhau (first-person singular present dyfnhaf)
- (intransitive) to get deeper, to intensify
- (transitive) to deepen
Conjugation
editConjugation (literary)
singular | plural | impersonal | ||||||
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first | second | third | first | second | third | |||
present indicative/future | dyfnhaf | dyfnhei | dyfnha | dyfnhawn | dyfnhewch | dyfnhânt | dyfnheir | |
imperfect (indicative/subjunctive)/conditional | dyfnhawn | dyfnhait | dyfnhâi | dyfnhaem | dyfnhaech | dyfnhaent | dyfnheid | |
preterite | dyfnheais | dyfnheaist | dyfnhaodd | dyfnhasom | dyfnhasoch | dyfnhasant | dyfnhawyd | |
pluperfect | dyfnhaswn | dyfnhasit | dyfnhasai | dyfnhasem | dyfnhasech | dyfnhasent | dyfnhasid, dyfnhesid | |
present subjunctive | dyfnhawyf | dyfnheych | dyfnhao | dyfnhaom | dyfnhaoch | dyfnhaont | dyfnhaer | |
imperative | — | dyfnha | dyfnhaed | dyfnhawn | dyfnhewch | dyfnhaent | dyfnhaer | |
verbal noun | dyfnhau | |||||||
verbal adjectives | dyfnhedig dyfnhadwy |
Conjugation (colloquial)
Inflected colloquial forms | singular | plural | ||||
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first | second | third | first | second | third | |
future | dyfnheua i, dyfnheuaf i | dyfnheui di | dyfnheuith o/e/hi, dyfnheuiff e/hi | dyfnheuwn ni | dyfnheuwch chi | dyfnheuan nhw |
conditional | dyfnheuwn i, dyfnheuswn i | dyfnheuet ti, dyfnheuset ti | dyfnheuai fo/fe/hi, dyfnheusai fo/fe/hi | dyfnheuen ni, dyfnheusen ni | dyfnheuech chi, dyfnheusech chi | dyfnheuen nhw, dyfnheusen nhw |
preterite | dyfnheuais i, dyfnheues i | dyfnheuaist ti, dyfnheuest ti | dyfnheuodd o/e/hi | dyfnheuon ni | dyfnheuoch chi | dyfnheuon nhw |
imperative | — | dyfnheua | — | — | dyfnheuwch | — |
Note: All other forms are periphrastic, as usual in colloquial Welsh. |
Mutation
editWelsh mutation | |||
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radical | soft | nasal | aspirate |
dyfnhau | ddyfnhau | nyfnhau | unchanged |
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), “dyfnhau”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies