mudferwi

Welsh

Etymology

mud (“mute”) +‎ berwi (“to boil”).

Pronunciation

• (North Wales) IPA^(key): /mɨ̞dˈvɛrwɪ/
• (South Wales) IPA^(key): /mɪdˈvɛrwi/

Verb

mudferwi (first-person singular present mudferwaf)

1. to simmer

   Synonym: crychferwi

2. to parboil

   Synonyms: lled-ferwi, gorferwi

Conjugation

Conjugation of mudferwi (literary)

	singular			plural			impersonal
	first	second	third	first	second	third
present indicative/future	mudferwaf	mudferwi	mudferwa	mudferwn	mudferwch	mudferwant	mudferwir
imperfect (indicative/subjunctive)/conditional	mudferwn	mudferwit	mudferwai	mudferwem	mudferwech	mudferwent	mudferwid
preterite	mudferwais	mudferwaist	mudferwodd	mudferwsom	mudferwsoch	mudferwsant	mudferwyd
pluperfect	mudferwswn	mudferwsit	mudferwsai	mudferwsem	mudferwsech	mudferwsent	mudferwsid
present subjunctive	mudferwyf	mudferwych	mudferwo	mudferwom	mudferwoch	mudferwont	mudferwer
imperative	—	mudferwa	mudferwed	mudferwn	mudferwch	mudferwent	mudferwer
verbal noun	mudferwi
verbal adjectives	mudferwedig mudferwadwy

Conjugation of mudferwi (colloquial)

inflected colloquial forms	singular			plural
	first	second	third	first	second	third
future	mudferwa i, mudferwaf i	mudferwi di	mudferwith o/e/hi, mudferwiff e/hi	mudferwn ni	mudferwch chi	mudferwan nhw
conditional	mudferwn i, mudferwswn i	mudferwet ti, mudferwset ti	mudferwai fo/fe/hi, mudferwsai fo/fe/hi	mudferwen ni, mudferwsen ni	mudferwech chi, mudferwsech chi	mudferwen nhw, mudferwsen nhw
preterite	mudferwais i, mudferwes i	mudferwaist ti, mudferwest ti	mudferwodd o/e/hi	mudferwon ni	mudferwoch chi	mudferwon nhw
imperative	—	mudferwa	—	—	mudferwch	—

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

Mutation

Mutated forms of mudferwi

radical	soft	nasal	aspirate
mudferwi	fudferwi	unchanged	unchanged

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

Further reading

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