terfysgu

Welsh

Etymology

From terfysg (commotion, tumult; riot, revolt) +‎ -u.

Pronunciation

  • (North Wales) IPA(key): /tɛrˈvəsɡɨ/, [tʰɛrˈvəskɨ]
  • (South Wales) IPA(key): /tɛrˈvəsɡi/, [tʰɛrˈvəski]

Verb

terfysgu (first-person singular present terfysgaf)

  1. (intransitive) to riot, to revolt
  2. (intransitive) to terrorise

Conjugation

Conjugation (literary)
singular plural impersonal
first second third first second third
present indicative/future terfysgaf terfysgi terfysga terfysgwn terfysgwch terfysgant terfysgir
imperfect (indicative/subjunctive)/
conditional
terfysgwn terfysgit terfysgai terfysgem terfysgech terfysgent terfysgid
preterite terfysgais terfysgaist terfysgodd terfysgasom terfysgasoch terfysgasant terfysgwyd
pluperfect terfysgaswn terfysgasit terfysgasai terfysgasem terfysgasech terfysgasent terfysgasid, terfysgesid
present subjunctive terfysgwyf terfysgych terfysgo terfysgom terfysgoch terfysgont terfysger
imperative terfysga terfysged terfysgwn terfysgwch terfysgent terfysger
verbal noun terfysgu
verbal adjectives terfysgedig
terfysgadwy
Conjugation (colloquial)
inflected
colloquial forms
singular plural
first second third first second third
future terfysga i,
terfysgaf i
terfysgi di terfysgith o/e/hi,
terfysgiff e/hi
terfysgwn ni terfysgwch chi terfysgan nhw
conditional terfysgwn i,
terfysgswn i
terfysget ti,
terfysgset ti
terfysgai fo/fe/hi,
terfysgsai fo/fe/hi
terfysgen ni,
terfysgsen ni
terfysgech chi,
terfysgsech chi
terfysgen nhw,
terfysgsen nhw
preterite terfysgais i,
terfysges i
terfysgaist ti,
terfysgest ti
terfysgodd o/e/hi terfysgon ni terfysgoch chi terfysgon nhw
imperative terfysga terfysgwch

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

Derived terms

Mutation

Mutated forms of terfysgu
radical soft nasal aspirate
terfysgu derfysgu nherfysgu therfysgu

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), “terfysgu”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies