trefnu

Welsh

Etymology

From trefn +‎ -u.

Pronunciation

• (North Wales) IPA^(key): /ˈtrɛvnɨ/
• (South Wales) IPA^(key): /ˈtrɛvni/

Verb

trefnu (first-person singular present trefnaf)

1. to arrange, to organise, to collocate
2. to ordain, to manage

   Synonym: ordeinio

3. to govern, to rule
4. to put in order, to make tidy

   Synonym: tacluso

5. to dress, to adorn
6. (computing) to format

Conjugation

Conjugation of trefnu (literary)

	singular			plural			impersonal
	first	second	third	first	second	third
present indicative/future	trefnaf	trefni	trefna	trefnwn	trefnwch	trefnant	trefnir
imperfect (indicative/subjunctive)/ conditional	trefnwn	trefnit	trefnai	trefnem	trefnech	trefnent	trefnid
preterite	trefnais	trefnaist	trefnodd	trefnasom	trefnasoch	trefnasant	trefnwyd
pluperfect	trefnaswn	trefnasit	trefnasai	trefnasem	trefnasech	trefnasent	trefnasid, trefnesid
present subjunctive	trefnwyf	trefnych	trefno	trefnom	trefnoch	trefnont	trefner
imperative	—	trefna	trefned	trefnwn	trefnwch	trefnent	trefner
verbal noun	trefnu
verbal adjectives	trefnedig trefnadwy

Conjugation of trefnu (colloquial)

inflected colloquial forms	singular			plural
	first	second	third	first	second	third
future	trefna i, trefnaf i	trefni di	trefnith o/e/hi, trefniff e/hi	trefnwn ni	trefnwch chi	trefnan nhw
conditional	trefnwn i, trefnswn i	trefnet ti, trefnset ti	trefnai fo/fe/hi, trefnsai fo/fe/hi	trefnen ni, trefnsen ni	trefnech chi, trefnsech chi	trefnen nhw, trefnsen nhw
preterite	trefnais i, trefnes i	trefnaist ti, trefnest ti	trefnodd o/e/hi	trefnon ni	trefnoch chi	trefnon nhw
imperative	—	trefna	—	—	trefnwch	—

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

Derived terms

• ad-drefnu (“to rearrange”)
• aildrefnu (“to rearrange”)
• anhrefnu (“to disarrange, to untidy”)
• cyfundrefnu (“to systematise”)

Mutation

Mutated forms of trefnu

radical	soft	nasal	aspirate
trefnu	drefnu	nhrefnu	threfnu

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