trafferthu

Welsh

Etymology

From trafferth (“trouble, bother”) +‎ -u.

Pronunciation

• (North Wales) IPA^(key): /traˈfɛrθɨ/
• (South Wales) IPA^(key): /traˈfɛrθi/

Verb

trafferthu (first-person singular present trafferthaf)

1. (intransitive) to cause trouble, to cause bother

   Synonyms: codi stŵr, stwrio, blino, poeni, gofidio, hidio

2. (intransitive) to bother, to go to the trouble, to make an effort

   Synonyms: ymdrafferthu, ffwdanu, llafurio

Conjugation

Conjugation of trafferthu (literary)

	singular			plural			impersonal
	first	second	third	first	second	third
present indicative/future	trafferthaf	trafferthi	traffertha	trafferthwn	trafferthwch	trafferthant	trafferthir
imperfect (indicative/subjunctive)/ conditional	trafferthwn	trafferthit	trafferthai	trafferthem	trafferthech	trafferthent	trafferthid
preterite	trafferthais	trafferthaist	trafferthodd	trafferthasom	trafferthasoch	trafferthasant	trafferthwyd
pluperfect	trafferthaswn	trafferthasit	trafferthasai	trafferthasem	trafferthasech	trafferthasent	trafferthasid, trafferthesid
present subjunctive	trafferthwyf	trafferthych	traffertho	trafferthom	trafferthoch	trafferthont	trafferther
imperative	—	traffertha	trafferthed	trafferthwn	trafferthwch	trafferthent	trafferther
verbal noun	trafferthu
verbal adjectives	trafferthedig trafferthadwy

Conjugation of trafferthu (colloquial)

inflected colloquial forms	singular			plural
	first	second	third	first	second	third
future	traffertha i, trafferthaf i	trafferthi di	trafferthith o/e/hi, trafferthiff e/hi	trafferthwn ni	trafferthwch chi	trafferthan nhw
conditional	trafferthwn i, trafferthswn i	trafferthet ti, trafferthset ti	trafferthai fo/fe/hi, trafferthsai fo/fe/hi	trafferthen ni, trafferthsen ni	trafferthech chi, trafferthsech chi	trafferthen nhw, trafferthsen nhw
preterite	trafferthais i, trafferthes i	trafferthaist ti, trafferthest ti	trafferthodd o/e/hi	trafferthon ni	trafferthoch chi	trafferthon nhw
imperative	—	traffertha	—	—	trafferthwch	—

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

Derived terms

• ymdrafferthu (“to bother, to go to the trouble”)

Mutation

Mutated forms of trafferthu

radical	soft	nasal	aspirate
trafferthu	drafferthu	nhrafferthu	thrafferthu

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