arfer

Welsh

Etymology

From Proto-Brythonic *ėrβėrɨd, from Proto-Celtic *ɸarebereti.

Pronunciation

• (North Wales, standard, colloquial) IPA^(key): /ˈarvɛr/
  • (North Wales, colloquial) IPA^(key): /ˈarvar/
• (South Wales) IPA^(key): /ˈarvɛr/
• Rhymes: -arvɛr

Verb

arfer (first-person singular present arferaf)

1. (transitive) to use (habitually)
2. (transitive) to be used to, to be accustomed to

   Roeddwn i'n arfer byw yng Nghaerdydd.

   I used to live in Cardiff.

Conjugation

Conjugation of arfer (literary)

	singular			plural			impersonal
	first	second	third	first	second	third
present indicative/future	arferaf	arferi	arfer, arfera	arferwn	arferwch	arferant	arferir
imperfect (indicative/subjunctive)/ conditional	arferwn	arferit	arferai	arferem	arferech	arferent	arferid
preterite	arferais	arferaist	arferodd	arferasom	arferasoch	arferasant	arferwyd
pluperfect	arferaswn	arferasit	arferasai	arferasem	arferasech	arferasent	arferasid, arferesid
present subjunctive	arferwyf	arferych	arfero	arferom	arferoch	arferont	arferer
imperative	—	arfer	arfered	arferwn	arferwch	arferent	arferer
verbal noun	arfer
verbal adjectives	arferedig arferadwy

Conjugation of arfer (colloquial)

inflected colloquial forms	singular			plural
	first	second	third	first	second	third
future	arfera i, arferaf i	arferi di	arferith o/e/hi, arferiff e/hi	arferwn ni	arferwch chi	arferan nhw
conditional	arferwn i, arferswn i	arferet ti, arferset ti	arferai fo/fe/hi, arfersai fo/fe/hi	arferen ni, arfersen ni	arferech chi, arfersech chi	arferen nhw, arfersen nhw
preterite	arferais i, arferes i	arferaist ti, arferest ti	arferodd o/e/hi	arferon ni	arferoch chi	arferon nhw
imperative	—	arfera	—	—	arferwch	—

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

Synonyms

• (to use): defnyddio

Noun

arfer m or f (plural arferion)

1. custom
2. practice, procedure
3. habit

Derived terms

• fel arfer
• ymarfer

Mutation

Mutated forms of arfer

radical	soft	nasal	h-prothesis
arfer	unchanged	unchanged	harfer

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Welsh.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.