cerfio

Welsh

Alternative forms

  • carfio

Etymology

From Middle English kerve (“carve”) + -io.

Verb

cerfio (first-person singular present cerfiaf)

  1. (transitive) to carve
  2. (transitive) to engrave, inscribe

Conjugation

Conjugation (literary)
singular plural impersonal
first second third first second third
present indicative/future cerfiaf cerfi cerfia cerfiwn cerfiwch cerfiant cerfir
imperfect (indicative/subjunctive)/conditional cerfiwn cerfit cerfiai cerfiem cerfiech cerfient cerfid
preterite cerfiais cerfiaist cerfiodd cerfiasom cerfiasoch cerfiasant cerfiwyd
pluperfect cerfiaswn cerfiasit cerfiasai cerfiasem cerfiasech cerfiasent cerfiasid, cerfiesid
present subjunctive cerfiwyf cerfiech cerfio cerfiom cerfioch cerfiont cerfier
imperative — cerfia cerfied cerfiwn cerfiwch cerfient cerfier
verbal noun
verbal adjectives —
—
Conjugation (colloquial)
inflected
colloquial forms 		singular plural
first second third first second third
future cerfia i,
cerfiaf i 		cerfi di cerfith o/e/hi,
cerfiff e/hi 		cerfiwn ni cerfiwch chi cerfian nhw
conditional cerfiwn i,
cerfswn i 		cerfiet ti,
cerfset ti 		cerfiai fo/fe/hi,
cerfsai fo/fe/hi 		cerfien ni,
cerfsen ni 		cerfiech chi,
cerfsech chi 		cerfien nhw,
cerfsen nhw
preterite cerfiais i,
cerfies i 		cerfiaist ti,
cerfiest ti 		cerfiodd o/e/hi cerfion ni cerfioch chi cerfion nhw
imperative — cerfia — — cerfiwch —

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

Hypernyms

Derived terms

  • cerfiad (“carving”)
  • cerfiwr m (“carver”)
  • ceugerfio (“intaglio”, verb)
  • cerf (“inscription”)

Further reading

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