cyfateb
Welsh
Pronunciation
- (North Wales, standard, colloquial) IPA(key): /kəˈvatɛb/
- (North Wales, colloquial) IPA(key): /kəˈvatab/
- (South Wales) IPA(key): /kəˈvatɛb/
Verb
cyfateb (first-person singular present cyfatebaf)
- (intransitive, with preposition i) to correspond, to agree, to match
Conjugation
Conjugation (literary)
| singular | plural | impersonal | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| first | second | third | first | second | third | |||
| present indicative/future | cyfatebaf | cyfatebi | -cyfetyb, cyfateba | cyfatebwn | cyfatebwch | cyfatebant | cyfatebir | |
| imperfect (indicative/subjunctive)/ conditional |
cyfatebwn | cyfatebit | cyfatebai | cyfatebem | cyfatebech | cyfatebent | cyfatebid | |
| preterite | cyfatebais | cyfatebaist | cyfatebodd | cyfatebasom | cyfatebasoch | cyfatebasant | cyfatebwyd | |
| pluperfect | cyfatebaswn | cyfatebasit | cyfatebasai | cyfatebasem | cyfatebasech | cyfatebasent | cyfatebasid, cyfatebesid | |
| present subjunctive | cyfatebwyf | cyfatebych | cyfatebo | cyfatebom | cyfateboch | cyfatebont | cyfateber | |
| imperative | — | cyfateba | cyfatebed | cyfatebwn | cyfatebwch | cyfatebent | cyfateber | |
| verbal noun | cyfateb | |||||||
| verbal adjectives | cyfatebedig cyfatebadwy | |||||||
Conjugation (colloquial)
| Inflected colloquial forms | singular | plural | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| first | second | third | first | second | third | |
| future | cyfateba i, cyfatebaf i | cyfatebi di | cyfatebith o/e/hi, cyfatebiff e/hi | cyfatebwn ni | cyfatebwch chi | cyfateban nhw |
| conditional | cyfatebwn i, cyfatebswn i | cyfatebet ti, cyfatebset ti | cyfatebai fo/fe/hi, cyfatebsai fo/fe/hi | cyfateben ni, cyfatebsen ni | cyfatebech chi, cyfatebsech chi | cyfateben nhw, cyfatebsen nhw |
| preterite | cyfatebais i, cyfatebes i | cyfatebaist ti, cyfatebest ti | cyfatebodd o/e/hi | cyfatebon ni | cyfateboch chi | cyfatebon nhw |
| imperative | — | cyfateba | — | — | cyfatebwch | — |
| Note: All other forms are periphrastic, as usual in colloquial Welsh. | ||||||
Derived terms
- cyfatebiaeth (“correspondence”)
- cyfatebol (“corresponding”)
Mutation
| Welsh mutation | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| radical | soft | nasal | aspirate |
| cyfateb | gyfateb | nghyfateb | chyfateb |
| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. | |||
Further reading
- R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke et al., editors (1950–present), “cyfateb”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies
This article is issued from Wiktionary. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.