ffurfio

Welsh

Alternative forms

• ffurfo

Etymology

From ffurf +‎ -io.

Pronunciation

• (North Wales) IPA^(key): /fɨ̞rvjɔ/
• (South Wales) IPA^(key): /fɪrvjɔ/

Verb

ffurfio (first-person singular present ffurfiaf, not mutable)

1. to form, to shape

   Synonym: llunio

2. to take shape

Conjugation

Conjugation of ffurfio (literary)

	singular			plural			impersonal
	first	second	third	first	second	third
present indicative/future	ffurfiaf	ffurfi	ffurfia	ffurfiwn	ffurfiwch	ffurfiant	ffurfir
imperfect (indicative/subjunctive)/conditional	ffurfiwn	ffurfit	ffurfiai	ffurfiem	ffurfiech	ffurfient	ffurfid
preterite	ffurfiais	ffurfiaist	ffurfiodd	ffurfiasom	ffurfiasoch	ffurfiasant	ffurfiwyd
pluperfect	ffurfiaswn	ffurfiasit	ffurfiasai	ffurfiasem	ffurfiasech	ffurfiasent	ffurfiasid, ffurfiesid
present subjunctive	ffurfiwyf	ffurfiech	ffurfio	ffurfiom	ffurfioch	ffurfiont	ffurfier
imperative	—	ffurfia	ffurfied	ffurfiwn	ffurfiwch	ffurfient	ffurfier
verbal noun	ffurfio
verbal adjectives	ffurfiedig ffurfiadwy

Conjugation of ffurfio (colloquial)

inflected colloquial forms	singular			plural
	first	second	third	first	second	third
future	ffurfia i, ffurfiaf i	ffurfi di	ffurfith o/e/hi, ffurfiff e/hi	ffurfiwn ni	ffurfiwch chi	ffurfian nhw
conditional	ffurfiwn i, ffurfswn i	ffurfiet ti, ffurfset ti	ffurfiai fo/fe/hi, ffurfsai fo/fe/hi	ffurfien ni, ffurfsen ni	ffurfiech chi, ffurfsech chi	ffurfien nhw, ffurfsen nhw
preterite	ffurfiais i, ffurfies i	ffurfiaist ti, ffurfiest ti	ffurfiodd o/e/hi	ffurfion ni	ffurfioch chi	ffurfion nhw
imperative	—	ffurfia	—	—	ffurfiwch	—

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

Derived terms

• ailffurfio (“to re-form”)
• anffurfio (“to disfigure”)
• atffurfio (“to reform, to regenerate”)
• ffurfiad, ffurfiant (“formation”)

Further reading

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