cyfaddasu

Welsh

Etymology

From cyfaddas (“suitable, proper”) +‎ -u.

Pronunciation

Verb

cyfaddasu (first-person singular present cyfaddasaf)

  1. to adapt, to adjust, to modify, to fit (make suitable)
  2. to adapt (e.g. a book, a play)

Conjugation

Conjugation (literary)
singular plural impersonal
first second third first second third
present indicative/future cyfaddasaf cyfaddesi cyfaddasa cyfaddaswn cyfaddeswch, cyfaddaswch cyfaddasant cyfaddesir
imperfect (indicative/subjunctive)/
conditional 		cyfaddaswn cyfaddasit cyfaddasai cyfaddasem cyfaddasech cyfaddasent cyfaddesid
preterite cyfaddesais cyfaddesaist cyfaddasodd cyfaddasasom cyfaddasasoch cyfaddasasant cyfaddaswyd
pluperfect cyfaddasaswn cyfaddasasit cyfaddasasai cyfaddasasem cyfaddasasech cyfaddasasent cyfaddasasid, cyfaddasesid
present subjunctive cyfaddaswyf cyfaddesych cyfaddaso cyfaddasom cyfaddasoch cyfaddasont cyfaddaser
imperative — cyfaddasa cyfaddased cyfaddaswn cyfaddeswch, cyfaddaswch cyfaddasent cyfaddaser
verbal noun cyfaddasu
verbal adjectives cyfaddasedig
cyfaddasadwy
Conjugation (colloquial)
inflected
colloquial forms 		singular plural
first second third first second third
future cyfaddasa i,
cyfaddasaf i 		cyfaddasi di cyfaddasith o/e/hi,
cyfaddasiff e/hi 		cyfaddaswn ni cyfaddaswch chi cyfaddasan nhw
conditional cyfaddaswn i,
cyfaddasswn i 		cyfaddaset ti,
cyfaddasset ti 		cyfaddasai fo/fe/hi,
cyfaddassai fo/fe/hi 		cyfaddasen ni,
cyfaddassen ni 		cyfaddasech chi,
cyfaddassech chi 		cyfaddasen nhw,
cyfaddassen nhw
preterite cyfaddasais i,
cyfaddases i 		cyfaddasaist ti,
cyfaddasest ti 		cyfaddasodd o/e/hi cyfaddason ni cyfaddasoch chi cyfaddason nhw
imperative — cyfaddasa — — cyfaddaswch —

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

Derived terms

Mutation

Mutated forms of cyfaddasu
radical soft nasal aspirate
cyfaddasu gyfaddasu nghyfaddasu chyfaddasu

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), “cyfaddasu”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies
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