dyfnhau

Welsh

Etymology

From dwfn +‎ -hau.

Pronunciation

Verb

dyfnhau (first-person singular present dyfnhaf)

  1. (intransitive) to get deeper, to intensify
  2. (transitive) to deepen

Conjugation

Conjugation (literary)
singular plural impersonal
first second third first second third
present indicative/future dyfnhaf dyfnhei dyfnha dyfnhawn dyfnhewch dyfnhânt dyfnheir
imperfect (indicative/subjunctive)/
conditional
dyfnhawn dyfnhait dyfnhâi dyfnhaem dyfnhaech dyfnhaent dyfnheid
preterite dyfnheais dyfnheaist dyfnhaodd dyfnhasom dyfnhasoch dyfnhasant dyfnhawyd
pluperfect dyfnhaswn dyfnhasit dyfnhasai dyfnhasem dyfnhasech dyfnhasent dyfnhasid, dyfnhesid
present subjunctive dyfnhawyf dyfnheych dyfnhao dyfnhaom dyfnhaoch dyfnhaont dyfnhaer
imperative dyfnha dyfnhaed dyfnhawn dyfnhewch dyfnhaent dyfnhaer
verbal noun
verbal adjectives dyfnhedig
dyfnhadwy
Conjugation (colloquial)
inflected
colloquial forms
singular plural
first second third first second third
future dyfnheua i,
dyfnheuaf i
dyfnheui di dyfnheuith o/e/hi,
dyfnheuiff e/hi
dyfnheuwn ni dyfnheuwch chi dyfnheuan nhw
conditional dyfnheuwn i,
dyfnheuswn i
dyfnheuet ti,
dyfnheuset ti
dyfnheuai fo/fe/hi,
dyfnheusai fo/fe/hi
dyfnheuen ni,
dyfnheusen ni
dyfnheuech chi,
dyfnheusech chi
dyfnheuen nhw,
dyfnheusen nhw
preterite dyfnheuais i,
dyfnheues i
dyfnheuaist ti,
dyfnheuest ti
dyfnheuodd o/e/hi dyfnheuon ni dyfnheuoch chi dyfnheuon nhw
imperative dyfnheua dyfnheuwch

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

Mutation

Mutated forms of dyfnhau
radical soft nasal aspirate
dyfnhau ddyfnhau nyfnhau 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), “dyfnhau”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies