deffro

Welsh

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈdɛfrɔ/

Verb

deffro (first-person singular present deffroaf or deffrôf)

  1. (transitive or intransitive) to wake
    Synonym: (South Wales) dihuno
    Mi wnes i ddeffro'n hwyr y bore 'ma.
    I woke late this morning.

Conjugation

Conjugation of deffro (literary)
singular plural impersonal
first second third first second third
present indicative/future deffroaf, deffrôf deffroi deffry, deffroa deffrown deffrowch deffrônt deffroir
imperfect (indicative/subjunctive)/
conditional 		deffrown deffroit deffroai deffroem deffroech deffroent deffroid
preterite deffrois deffroist deffroes, deffrôdd deffroesom deffroesoch deffroesant deffrowyd
pluperfect deffroeswn deffroesit deffroesai deffroesem deffroesech deffroesent deffroesid
present subjunctive deffrowyf deffroych deffrô deffrôm deffrôch deffrônt deffroer
imperative — deffro deffroed deffrown deffrowch deffroent deffroer
verbal noun deffroi
verbal adjectives deffroëdig
deffroadwy
Conjugation of deffro (colloquial)
inflected colloquial forms singular plural
first second third first second third
future deffra i, deffraf i deffri di deffrith o/e/hi, deffriff e/hi deffrwn ni deffrwch chi deffran nhw
conditional deffrwn i deffret ti deffrai fo/fe/hi deffren ni deffrech chi deffren nhw
preterite deffrais i, deffroes i deffraist ti, deffroest ti deffrodd o/e/hi deffron ni deffroch chi deffron nhw
imperative — deffra — — deffrwch —

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

Derived terms

  • deffroad (“awakening”)
  • deffrous (“awakening”, adjective)
  • deffröwr (“waker”)

Mutation

Mutated forms of deffro
radical soft nasal aspirate
deffro ddeffro neffro unchanged

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

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