sillafu

Welsh

Etymology

From sillaf +‎ -u.

Pronunciation

Verb

sillafu (first-person singular present sillafaf, not mutable)

  1. (transitive) to spell (compose a word)

Conjugation
Conjugation (literary)
singular plural impersonal
first second third first second third
present indicative/future sillafaf sillefi sillafa sillafwn sillefwch, sillafwch sillafant sillefir
imperfect (indicative/subjunctive)/
conditional		 sillafwn sillafit sillafai sillafem sillafech sillafent sillefid
preterite sillefais sillefaist sillafodd sillafasom sillafasoch sillafasant sillafwyd
pluperfect sillafaswn sillafasit sillafasai sillafasem sillafasech sillafasent sillafasid, sillafesid
present subjunctive sillafwyf sillefych sillafo sillafom sillafoch sillafont sillafer
imperative — sillafa sillafed sillafwn sillefwch, sillafwch sillafent sillafer
verbal noun sillafu
verbal adjectives sillafedig
sillafadwy
Conjugation (colloquial)
Inflected colloquial forms singular plural
first second third first second third
future sillafa i, sillafaf i sillafi di sillafith o/e/hi, sillafiff e/hi sillafwn ni sillafwch chi sillafan nhw
conditional sillafwn i, sillafswn i sillafet ti, sillafset ti sillafai fo/fe/hi, sillafsai fo/fe/hi sillafen ni, sillafsen ni sillafech chi, sillafsech chi sillafen nhw, sillafsen nhw
preterite sillafais i, sillafes i sillafaist ti, sillafest ti sillafodd o/e/hi sillafon ni sillafoch chi sillafon nhw
imperative — sillafa — — sillafwch —
Note: All other forms are periphrastic, as usual in colloquial Welsh.

Derived terms
  • sillafiad (“spelling”)

References
  • R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke et al., editors (1950–present), “sillafu”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies
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