clafychu

Welsh

Alternative forms

  • clefychu

Etymology

claf (“sick”) +‎ -ychu

Verb

clafychu (first-person singular present clafychaf)

  1. (intransitive) to sicken, to become sick
  2. (intransitive, weather) to become overcast

Conjugation

Conjugation (literary)
singular plural impersonal
first second third first second third
present indicative/future clafychaf clafychi clafycha clafychwn clafychwch clafychant clafychir
imperfect (indicative/subjunctive)/
conditional 		clafychwn clafychit clafychai clafychem clafychech clafychent clafychid
preterite clafychais clafychaist clafychodd clafychasom clafychasoch clafychasant clafychwyd
pluperfect clafychaswn clafychasit clafychasai clafychasem clafychasech clafychasent clafychasid, clafychesid
present subjunctive clafychwyf clafychych clafycho clafychom clafychoch clafychont clafycher
imperative — clafycha clafyched clafychwn clafychwch clafychent clafycher
verbal noun clafychu
verbal adjectives clafychedig
clafychadwy
Conjugation (colloquial)
inflected
colloquial forms 		singular plural
first second third first second third
future clafycha i,
clafychaf i 		clafychi di clafychith o/e/hi,
clafychiff e/hi 		clafychwn ni clafychwch chi clafychan nhw
conditional clafychwn i,
clafychswn i 		clafychet ti,
clafychset ti 		clafychai fo/fe/hi,
clafychsai fo/fe/hi 		clafychen ni,
clafychsen ni 		clafychech chi,
clafychsech chi 		clafychen nhw,
clafychsen nhw
preterite clafychais i,
clafyches i 		clafychaist ti,
clafychest ti 		clafychodd o/e/hi clafychon ni clafychoch chi clafychon nhw
imperative — clafycha — — clafychwch —

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

Derived terms

  • clafychiad (“illness”)
  • clafychus (“ill”)

Mutation

Mutated forms of clafychu
radical soft nasal aspirate
clafychu glafychu nghlafychu chlafychu

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

Further reading

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