sillafu

Welsh

Etymology

From sillaf (syllable) +‎ -u.

Pronunciation

Verb

sillafu (first-person singular present sillafaf, not mutable)

  1. (transitive) to spell (compose a word)

Conjugation

Conjugation (literary)
singular plural impersonal
first second third first second third
present indicative/future sillafaf sillefi sillafa sillafwn sillefwch, sillafwch sillafant sillefir
imperfect (indicative/subjunctive)/
conditional
sillafwn sillafit sillafai sillafem sillafech sillafent sillefid
preterite sillefais sillefaist sillafodd sillafasom sillafasoch sillafasant sillafwyd
pluperfect sillafaswn sillafasit sillafasai sillafasem sillafasech sillafasent sillafasid, sillafesid
present subjunctive sillafwyf sillefych sillafo sillafom sillafoch sillafont sillafer
imperative sillafa sillafed sillafwn sillefwch, sillafwch sillafent sillafer
verbal noun sillafu
verbal adjectives sillafedig
sillafadwy
Conjugation (colloquial)
inflected
colloquial forms
singular plural
first second third first second third
future sillafa i,
sillafaf i
sillafi di sillafith o/e/hi,
sillafiff e/hi
sillafwn ni sillafwch chi sillafan nhw
conditional sillafwn i,
sillafswn i
sillafet ti,
sillafset ti
sillafai fo/fe/hi,
sillafsai fo/fe/hi
sillafen ni,
sillafsen ni
sillafech chi,
sillafsech chi
sillafen nhw,
sillafsen nhw
preterite sillafais i,
sillafes i
sillafaist ti,
sillafest ti
sillafodd o/e/hi sillafon ni sillafoch chi sillafon nhw
imperative sillafa sillafwch

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

Derived terms

Further reading

  • D. G. Lewis, N. Lewis, editors (2005–present), “sillafu”, in Gweiadur: the Welsh–English Dictionary, Gwerin
  • R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke et al., editors (1950–present), “sillafu”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies