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erfyn

erfyn

Welsh

Verb

erfyn (stem erfyni-)

to beg, to beseech, to supplicate

Conjugation

Conjugation (literary)

	singular			plural			impersonal
	first	second	third	first	second	third	impersonal
present/future	erfyniaf	erfynni	erfyn, erfynia	erfyniwn	erfyniwch	erfyniant	erfynnir
imperfect/conditional	erfyniwn	erfynnit	erfyniai	erfyniem	erfyniech	erfynient	erfynnid
preterite	erfyniais	erfyniaist	erfyniodd	erfyniasom	erfyniasoch	erfyniasant	erfyniwyd
pluperfect	erfyniaswn	erfyniasit	erfyniasai	erfyniasem	erfyniasech	erfyniasent	erfyniasid, erfyniesid
subjunctive	erfyniwyf	erfyniech	erfynio	erfyniom	erfynioch	erfyniont	erfynier
imperative	—	erfyn	erfynied	erfyniwn	erfyniwch	erfynient	erfynier
verbal noun	erfyn
verbal adjectives	erfyniedig erfyniadwy

Conjugation (colloquial)

Inflected colloquial forms	singular			plural
Inflected colloquial forms	first	second	third	first	second	third
future	erfynia i, erfyniaf i	erfyni di	erfynith o/e/hi, erfyniff e/hi	erfyniwn ni	erfyniwch chi	erfynian nhw
conditional	erfyniwn i, erfyniswn i	erfyniet ti, erfyniset ti	erfyniai fo/fe/hi, erfynisai fo/fe/hi	erfynien ni, erfynisen ni	erfyniech chi, erfynisech chi	erfynien nhw, erfynisen nhw
preterite	erfyniais i, erfynies i	erfyniaist ti, erfyniest ti	erfyniodd o/e/hi	erfynion ni	erfynioch chi	erfynion nhw
imperative	—	erfynia	—	—	erfyniwch	—
Note: All other forms are periphrastic, as usual in colloquial Welsh.

Synonyms

(to beg): ymbil, begian, deisyf

Etymology 2

Noun

erfyn m

tool, implement

Synonyms

(tool): teclyn, arf

Mutation

Welsh mutation
radical	soft	nasal	h-prothesis
erfyn	unchanged	unchanged	herfyn
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.