adfeilio

Welsh

Etymology

ad- +‎ an unclear root *bal +‎ -io, possibly related to ball (“pestilence, destruction”). See also dadfeilio (“to degenerate, to decay”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /adˈvei̯ljɔ/

Verb

adfeilio (first-person singular present adfeiliaf)

  1. to fall down, to become a ruin, to go to ruin
    Synonyms: treulio, dadfeilio, methu, gwaethygu

Conjugation

Conjugation (literary)
singular plural impersonal
first second third first second third
present indicative/future adfeiliaf adfeili adfeilia adfeiliwn adfeiliwch adfeiliant adfeilir
imperfect (indicative/subjunctive)/conditional adfeiliwn adfeilit adfeiliai adfeiliem adfeiliech adfeilient adfeilid
preterite adfeiliais adfeiliaist adfeiliodd adfeiliasom adfeiliasoch adfeiliasant adfeiliwyd
pluperfect adfeiliaswn adfeiliasit adfeiliasai adfeiliasem adfeiliasech adfeiliasent adfeiliasid, adfeiliesid
present subjunctive adfeiliwyf adfeiliech adfeilio adfeiliom adfeilioch adfeiliont adfeilier
imperative — adfeilia adfeilied adfeiliwn adfeiliwch adfeilient adfeilier
verbal noun
verbal adjectives adfeiliedig, adfeiledig
adfeiliadwy, adfeiladwy
Conjugation (colloquial)
inflected
colloquial forms 		singular plural
first second third first second third
future adfeilia i,
adfeiliaf i 		adfeili di adfeilith o/e/hi,
adfeiliff e/hi 		adfeiliwn ni adfeiliwch chi adfeilian nhw
conditional adfeiliwn i,
adfeilswn i 		adfeiliet ti,
adfeilset ti 		adfeiliai fo/fe/hi,
adfeilsai fo/fe/hi 		adfeilien ni,
adfeilsen ni 		adfeiliech chi,
adfeilsech chi 		adfeilien nhw,
adfeilsen nhw
preterite adfeiliais i,
adfeilies i 		adfeiliaist ti,
adfeiliest ti 		adfeiliodd o/e/hi adfeilion ni adfeilioch chi adfeilion nhw
imperative — adfeilia — — adfeiliwch —

Note: All other forms are periphrastic, as usual in colloquial Welsh.

Derived terms

Mutation

Mutated forms of adfeilio
radical soft nasal h-prothesis
adfeilio unchanged unchanged hadfeilio

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Welsh.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

Further reading

  • D. G. Lewis, N. Lewis, editors (2005–present), “adfeilio”, in Gweiadur: the Welsh–English Dictionary, Gwerin
  • R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke et al., editors (1950–present), “adfeilio”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies
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