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Definition 2025
ffili
ffili
Welsh
Verb
ffili (stem ffil-)
- (South Wales) to fail
- (South Wales) to be unable, cannot
Conjugation
Conjugation (literary)
| singular | plural | impersonal | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| first | second | third | first | second | third | |||
| present/future | ffilaf | ffili | ffila | ffilwn | ffilwch | ffilant | ffilir | |
| imperfect/conditional | ffilwn | ffilit | ffilai | ffilem | ffilech | ffilent | ffilid | |
| preterite | ffilais | ffilaist | ffilodd | ffilasom | ffilasoch | ffilasant | ffilwyd | |
| pluperfect | ffilaswn | ffilasit | ffilasai | ffilasem | ffilasech | ffilasent | ffilasid, ffilesid | |
| subjunctive | ffilwyf | ffilych | ffilo | ffilom | ffiloch | ffilont | ffiler | |
| imperative | — | ffila | ffiled | ffilwn | ffilwch | ffilent | ffiler | |
| verbal noun | ffili | |||||||
| verbal adjectives | ffiledig ffiladwy |
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Conjugation (colloquial)
| Inflected colloquial forms | singular | plural | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| first | second | third | first | second | third | |
| future | ffila i, ffilaf i | ffili di | ffilith o/e/hi, ffiliff e/hi | ffilwn ni | ffilwch chi | ffilan nhw |
| conditional | ffilwn i, ffilswn i | ffilet ti, ffilset ti | ffilai fo/fe/hi, ffilsai fo/fe/hi | ffilen ni, ffilsen ni | ffilech chi, ffilsech chi | ffilen nhw, ffilsen nhw |
| preterite | ffilais i, ffiles i | ffilaist ti, ffilest ti | ffilodd o/e/hi | ffilon ni | ffiloch chi | ffilon nhw |
| imperative | — | ffila | — | — | ffilwch | — |
| Note: All other forms are periphrastic, as usual in colloquial Welsh. | ||||||