adfer

Latin

Verb

adfer

  1. first-person singular present active subjunctive of adfor

Tarifit

Etymology

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Noun

adfer m (Tifinagh spelling ⴰⴷⴼⴻⵔ, usually uncountable)

  1. snow

Declension
Declension of adfer
singular plural
free state adfer -
construct state wedfer -

Welsh

Alternative forms

Etymology

Regularization of literary edfryd (verb stem adfer-), from Proto-Brythonic *ėdβėrɨd. Equivalent to ad- +‎ the same element as arfer; compare also cymryd, cymeraf.

Pronunciation

Verb

adfer (first-person singular present adferaf)

  1. to reinstate, to restore, to resolve, to revive, to retrieve, to recover, to rehabilitate

Conjugation
Conjugation (literary)
singular plural impersonal
first second third first second third
present indicative/future adferaf adferi edfryd, adfera, edfyr adferwn adferwch adferant adferir
imperfect (indicative/subjunctive)/
conditional		 adferwn adferit adferai adferem adferech adferent adferid
preterite adferais adferaist adferodd adferasom adferasoch adferasant adferwyd
pluperfect adferaswn adferasit adferasai adferasem adferasech adferasent adferasid, adferesid
present subjunctive adferwyf adferych adfero adferom adferoch adferont adferer
imperative — adfer, adfera adfered adferwn adferwch adferent adferer
verbal noun adfer
verbal adjectives adferedig
adferadwy
Conjugation (colloquial)
Inflected colloquial forms singular plural
first second third first second third
future adfera i, adferaf i adferi di adferith o/e/hi, adferiff e/hi adferwn ni adferwch chi adferan nhw
conditional adferwn i, adferswn i adferet ti, adferset ti adferai fo/fe/hi, adfersai fo/fe/hi adferen ni, adfersen ni adferech chi, adfersech chi adferen nhw, adfersen nhw
preterite adferais i, adferes i adferaist ti, adferest ti adferodd o/e/hi adferon ni adferoch chi adferon nhw
imperative — adfera — — adferwch —
Note: All other forms are periphrastic, as usual in colloquial Welsh.

Derived terms
  • adferadwy (“retrievable, recoverable”)
  • adferiad (“rehabilitation, restoration, restitution, recovery”)
  • adferol (“restoring”)
  • adferwr (“restorer”)

Mutation
Welsh mutation
radicalsoftnasalh-prothesis
adfer unchanged unchanged hadfer
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

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