brefu

Welsh

Etymology

From bref (“bleat, bellow, cry”) +‎ -u.

Pronunciation

• (North Wales) IPA^(key): /ˈbrɛvɨ̞/
• (South Wales) IPA^(key): /ˈbreːvi/, /ˈbrɛvi/
• Rhymes: -ɛvɨ̞

Verb

brefu (first-person singular present brefaf)

1. to bleat, to low, to bellow, to bray, to cry

Conjugation

Conjugation (literary)

	singular			plural			impersonal
	first	second	third	first	second	third
present indicative/future	brefaf	brefi	brefa	brefwn	brefwch	brefant	brefir
imperfect (indicative/subjunctive)/ conditional	brefwn	brefit	brefai	brefem	brefech	brefent	brefid
preterite	brefais	brefaist	brefodd	brefasom	brefasoch	brefasant	brefwyd
pluperfect	brefaswn	brefasit	brefasai	brefasem	brefasech	brefasent	brefasid, brefesid
present subjunctive	brefwyf	brefych	brefo	brefom	brefoch	brefont	brefer
imperative	—	brefa	brefed	brefwn	brefwch	brefent	brefer
verbal noun	brefu
verbal adjectives	brefedig brefadwy

Conjugation (colloquial)

Inflected colloquial forms	singular			plural
	first	second	third	first	second	third
future	brefa i, brefaf i	brefi di	brefith o/e/hi, brefiff e/hi	brefwn ni	brefwch chi	brefan nhw
conditional	brefwn i, brefswn i	brefet ti, brefset ti	brefai fo/fe/hi, brefsai fo/fe/hi	brefen ni, brefsen ni	brefech chi, brefsech chi	brefen nhw, brefsen nhw
preterite	brefais i, brefes i	brefaist ti, brefest ti	brefodd o/e/hi	brefon ni	brefoch chi	brefon nhw
imperative	—	brefa	—	—	brefwch	—
Note: All other forms are periphrastic, as usual in colloquial Welsh.

Mutation

Mutated forms of brefu

radical	soft	nasal	aspirate
brefu	frefu	mrefu	unchanged

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

References

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