hendrefa

Welsh

Etymology

From hendref (“winter dwelling”) +‎ -a.

Pronunciation

• (North Wales) IPA^(key): /hɛnˈdrɛva/
• (South Wales) IPA^(key): /hɛnˈdreːva/, /hɛnˈdrɛva/
• Rhymes: -ɛva

Verb

hendrefa (first-person singular present hendrefaf, not mutable)

1. to live in a winter or temporary abode, to pass the winter, to overwinter

   Synonym: gaeafu

Conjugation

Conjugation of hendrefa (literary)

	singular			plural			impersonal
	first	second	third	first	second	third
present indicative/future	hendrefaf	hendrefi	hendrefa	hendrefwn	hendrefwch	hendrefant	hendrefir
imperfect (indicative/subjunctive)/ conditional	hendrefwn	hendrefit	hendrefai	hendrefem	hendrefech	hendrefent	hendrefid
preterite	hendrefais	hendrefaist	hendrefodd	hendrefasom	hendrefasoch	hendrefasant	hendrefwyd
pluperfect	hendrefaswn	hendrefasit	hendrefasai	hendrefasem	hendrefasech	hendrefasent	hendrefasid, hendrefesid
present subjunctive	hendrefwyf	hendrefych	hendrefo	hendrefom	hendrefoch	hendrefont	hendrefer
imperative	—	hendrefa	hendrefed	hendrefwn	hendrefwch	hendrefent	hendrefer
verbal noun	hendrefa
verbal adjectives	hendrefedig hendrefadwy

Conjugation of hendrefa (colloquial)

inflected colloquial forms	singular			plural
	first	second	third	first	second	third
future	hendrefa i, hendrefaf i	hendrefi di	hendrefith o/e/hi, hendrefiff e/hi	hendrefwn ni	hendrefwch chi	hendrefan nhw
conditional	hendrefwn i, hendrefswn i	hendrefet ti, hendrefset ti	hendrefai fo/fe/hi, hendrefsai fo/fe/hi	hendrefen ni, hendrefsen ni	hendrefech chi, hendrefsech chi	hendrefen nhw, hendrefsen nhw
preterite	hendrefais i, hendrefes i	hendrefaist ti, hendrefest ti	hendrefodd o/e/hi	hendrefon ni	hendrefoch chi	hendrefon nhw
imperative	—	hendrefa	—	—	hendrefwch	—

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

Coordinate terms

• hafota (“to live in a summer abode”)

Related terms

• trawstrefa (“to practise transhumance”)

Further reading

• R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke et al., editors (1950–present), “hendrefa”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies