goruchafu

Welsh

Etymology

From goruchaf (“highest, most supreme”) +‎ -u.

Verb

goruchafu (first-person singular present goruchafaf)

  1. to dominate, to predominate

Conjugation
Conjugation (literary)
singular plural impersonal
first second third first second third
present indicative/future goruchafaf goruchefi goruchafa goruchafwn goruchefwch, goruchafwch goruchafant goruchefir
imperfect (indicative/subjunctive)/
conditional		 goruchafwn goruchafit goruchafai goruchafem goruchafech goruchafent goruchefid
preterite goruchefais goruchefaist goruchafodd goruchafasom goruchafasoch goruchafasant goruchafwyd
pluperfect goruchafaswn goruchafasit goruchafasai goruchafasem goruchafasech goruchafasent goruchafasid, goruchafesid
present subjunctive goruchafwyf goruchefych goruchafo goruchafom goruchafoch goruchafont goruchafer
imperative — goruchafa goruchafed goruchafwn goruchefwch, goruchafwch goruchafent goruchafer
verbal noun goruchafu
verbal adjectives goruchafedig
goruchafadwy
Conjugation (colloquial)
Inflected colloquial forms singular plural
first second third first second third
future goruchafa i, goruchafaf i goruchafi di goruchafith o/e/hi, goruchafiff e/hi goruchafwn ni goruchafwch chi goruchafan nhw
conditional goruchafwn i, goruchafswn i goruchafet ti, goruchafset ti goruchafai fo/fe/hi, goruchafsai fo/fe/hi goruchafen ni, goruchafsen ni goruchafech chi, goruchafsech chi goruchafen nhw, goruchafsen nhw
preterite goruchafais i, goruchafes i goruchafaist ti, goruchafest ti goruchafodd o/e/hi goruchafon ni goruchafoch chi goruchafon nhw
imperative — goruchafa — — goruchafwch —
Note: All other forms are periphrastic, as usual in colloquial Welsh.

Mutation
Welsh mutation
radical soft nasal aspirate
goruchafu oruchafu ngoruchafu unchanged
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), “goruchafu”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies
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