dyrchafu

Welsh

Pronunciation

Verb

dyrchafu (first-person singular present dyrchafaf)

  1. to rise, to ascend
  2. to raise, to exalt
  3. to promote (to a higher position)

Conjugation

Conjugation (literary)
singular plural impersonal
first second third first second third
present indicative/future dyrchafaf dyrchefi dyrchaif, dyrchafa dyrchafwn dyrchefwch, dyrchafwch dyrchafant dyrchefir
imperfect (indicative/subjunctive)/
conditional 		dyrchafwn dyrchafit dyrchafai dyrchafem dyrchafech dyrchafent dyrchefid
preterite dyrchefais dyrchefaist dyrchafodd dyrchafasom dyrchafasoch dyrchafasant dyrchafwyd
pluperfect dyrchafaswn dyrchafasit dyrchafasai dyrchafasem dyrchafasech dyrchafasent dyrchafasid, dyrchafesid
present subjunctive dyrchafwyf dyrchefych dyrchafo dyrchafom dyrchafoch dyrchafont dyrchafer
imperative — dyrchafa dyrchafed dyrchafwn dyrchefwch, dyrchafwch dyrchafent dyrchafer
verbal noun dyrchafu
verbal adjectives dyrchafedig
dyrchafadwy
Conjugation (colloquial)
inflected
colloquial forms 		singular plural
first second third first second third
future dyrchafa i,
dyrchafaf i 		dyrchafi di dyrchafith o/e/hi,
dyrchafiff e/hi 		dyrchafwn ni dyrchafwch chi dyrchafan nhw
conditional dyrchafwn i,
dyrchafswn i 		dyrchafet ti,
dyrchafset ti 		dyrchafai fo/fe/hi,
dyrchafsai fo/fe/hi 		dyrchafen ni,
dyrchafsen ni 		dyrchafech chi,
dyrchafsech chi 		dyrchafen nhw,
dyrchafsen nhw
preterite dyrchafais i,
dyrchafes i 		dyrchafaist ti,
dyrchafest ti 		dyrchafodd o/e/hi dyrchafon ni dyrchafoch chi dyrchafon nhw
imperative — dyrchafa — — dyrchafwch —

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

Derived terms

  • dyrchafael (“ascension”)
  • dyrchafedig (“elevated; iambic”)
  • dyrchafiad (“promotion”)
  • dyrchafol (“elevating, exalting”)

Mutation

Mutated forms of dyrchafu
radical soft nasal aspirate
dyrchafu ddyrchafu nyrchafu unchanged

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