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cyfieithu
cyfieithu
Welsh
Verb
cyfieithu (stem cyfieith-)
- (transitive) to translate
- Nei di gyfieithu'r tudalen 'ma?
- Could you translate this page?
- Nei di gyfieithu'r tudalen 'ma?
- (transitive) to interpret
Conjugation
Conjugation (colloquial)
| Inflected colloquial forms | singular | plural | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| first | second | third | first | second | third | |
| future | cyfieitha i, cyfieithaf i | cyfieithi di | cyfieithith o/e/hi, cyfieithiff e/hi | cyfieithwn ni | cyfieithwch chi | cyfieithan nhw |
| conditional | cyfieithwn i, cyfieithswn i | cyfieithet ti, cyfieithset ti | cyfieithai fo/fe/hi, cyfieithsai fo/fe/hi | cyfieithen ni, cyfieithsen ni | cyfieithech chi, cyfieithsech chi | cyfieithen nhw, cyfieithsen nhw |
| preterite | cyfieithais i, cyfieithes i | cyfieithaist ti, cyfieithest ti | cyfieithodd o/e/hi | cyfieithon ni | cyfieithoch chi | cyfieithon nhw |
| imperative | — | cyfieitha | — | — | cyfieithwch | — |
| Note: All other forms are periphrastic, as usual in colloquial Welsh. | ||||||
Derived terms
- cyfieithydd m (“translator; interpreter; grammarian; person of same language or race as another; fellow-countryman”)
Related terms
- cyfiaith (“of the same language, speaking the same language; speaking the vernacular or native language; familiar, skilled”, adjective)
- cyfiaith f (“language, tongue; common or known language, native tongue, vernacular; people speaking the same language, fellow-countrymen; nation, folk; one who speaks the same language, compatriot, fellow, partner; translation”)
Mutation
| Welsh mutation | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| radical | soft | nasal | aspirate |
| cyfieithu | gyfieithu | nghyfieithu | chyfieithu |
| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. | |||
References
- “cyfieithu” in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru.