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yfed
yfed
Welsh
Etymology
From Middle Welsh yuet, from Old Welsh iben (impf.), from Proto-Celtic *ɸibeti, from Proto-Indo-European *píph₃eti.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈəvɛd/
Verb
yfed (stem yf-)
- to drink
Conjugation
Conjugation (literary)
| singular | plural | impersonal | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| first | second | third | first | second | third | |||
| present/future | yfaf | yfi | yf | yfwn | yfwch | yfant | yfir | |
| imperfect/conditional | yfwn | yfit | yfai | yfem | yfech | yfent | yfid | |
| preterite | yfais | yfaist | yfodd | yfasom | yfasoch | yfasant | yfwyd | |
| pluperfect | yfaswn | yfasit | yfasai | yfasem | yfasech | yfasent | yfasid, yfesid | |
| subjunctive | yfwyf | yfych | yfo | yfom | yfoch | yfont | yfer | |
| imperative | — | yf, yfa | yfed | yfwn | yfwch | yfent | yfer | |
| verbal noun | yfed | |||||||
| verbal adjectives | yfedig yfadwy |
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Conjugation (colloquial)
| Inflected colloquial forms | singular | plural | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| first | second | third | first | second | third | |
| future | yfa i, yfaf i | yfi di | yfith o/e/hi, yfiff e/hi | yfwn ni | yfwch chi | yfan nhw |
| conditional | yfwn i, yfswn i | yfet ti, yfset ti | yfai fo/fe/hi, yfsai fo/fe/hi | yfen ni, yfsen ni | yfech chi, yfsech chi | yfen nhw, yfsen nhw |
| preterite | yfais i, yfes i | yfaist ti, yfest ti | yfodd o/e/hi | yfon ni | yfoch chi | yfon nhw |
| imperative | — | yfa | — | — | yfwch | — |
| Note: All other forms are periphrastic, as usual in colloquial Welsh. | ||||||
Mutation
| Welsh mutation | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| radical | soft | nasal | h-prothesis |
| yfed | unchanged | unchanged | hyfed |
| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. | |||