wynebu
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Welsh
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Verb
[edit]wynebu (first-person singular present wynebaf)
- (transitive) to face
Conjugation
[edit]Conjugation (literary)
singular | plural | impersonal | ||||||
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first | second | third | first | second | third | |||
present indicative/future | wynebaf | wynebi | wyneba | wynebwn | wynebwch | wynebant | wynebir | |
imperfect (indicative/subjunctive)/ conditional |
wynebwn | wynebit | wynebai | wynebem | wynebech | wynebent | wynebid | |
preterite | wynebais | wynebaist | wynebodd | wynebasom | wynebasoch | wynebasant | wynebwyd | |
pluperfect | wynebaswn | wynebasit | wynebasai | wynebasem | wynebasech | wynebasent | wynebasid, wynebesid | |
present subjunctive | wynebwyf | wynebych | wynebo | wynebom | wyneboch | wynebont | wyneber | |
imperative | — | wyneba | wynebed | wynebwn | wynebwch | wynebent | wyneber | |
verbal noun | wynebu | |||||||
verbal adjectives | wynebedig wynebadwy |
Conjugation (colloquial)
Inflected colloquial forms | singular | plural | ||||
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first | second | third | first | second | third | |
future | wyneba i, wynebaf i | wynebi di | wynebith o/e/hi, wynebiff e/hi | wynebwn ni | wynebwch chi | wyneban nhw |
conditional | wynebwn i, wynebswn i | wynebet ti, wynebset ti | wynebai fo/fe/hi, wynebsai fo/fe/hi | wyneben ni, wynebsen ni | wynebech chi, wynebsech chi | wyneben nhw, wynebsen nhw |
preterite | wynebais i, wynebes i | wynebaist ti, wynebest ti | wynebodd o/e/hi | wynebon ni | wyneboch chi | wynebon nhw |
imperative | — | wyneba | — | — | wynebwch | — |
Note: All other forms are periphrastic, as usual in colloquial Welsh. |
Derived terms
[edit]- wynebiad m (“facing”)
Further reading
[edit]- R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke et al., editors (1950–present), “wynebu”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies