gorwedd
Welsh
editEtymology
editFrom Middle Welsh gorweð; cognate with Cornish growethe, Middle Breton gouruez, modern Breton gourvez.
Pronunciation
editVerb
editgorwedd (first-person singular present gorweddaf)
- to lie down
Conjugation
editConjugation (literary)
singular | plural | impersonal | ||||||
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first | second | third | first | second | third | |||
present indicative/future | gorweddaf | gorweddi | gorwedd, gorwedda | gorweddwn | gorweddwch | gorweddant | gorweddir | |
imperfect (indicative/subjunctive)/ conditional |
gorweddwn | gorweddit | gorweddai | gorweddem | gorweddech | gorweddent | gorweddid | |
preterite | gorweddais | gorweddaist | gorweddodd | gorweddasom | gorweddasoch | gorweddasant | gorweddwyd | |
pluperfect | gorweddaswn | gorweddasit | gorweddasai | gorweddasem | gorweddasech | gorweddasent | gorweddasid, gorweddesid | |
present subjunctive | gorweddwyf | gorweddych | gorweddo | gorweddom | gorweddoch | gorweddont | gorwedder | |
imperative | — | gorwedd, gorwedda | gorwedded | gorweddwn | gorweddwch | gorweddent | gorwedder | |
verbal noun | gorwedd | |||||||
verbal adjectives | gorweddedig gorweddadwy |
Conjugation (colloquial)
Inflected colloquial forms | singular | plural | ||||
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first | second | third | first | second | third | |
future | gorwedda i, gorweddaf i | gorweddi di | gorweddith o/e/hi, gorweddiff e/hi | gorweddwn ni | gorweddwch chi | gorweddan nhw |
conditional | gorweddwn i, gorweddswn i | gorweddet ti, gorweddset ti | gorweddai fo/fe/hi, gorweddsai fo/fe/hi | gorwedden ni, gorweddsen ni | gorweddech chi, gorweddsech chi | gorwedden nhw, gorweddsen nhw |
preterite | gorweddais i, gorweddes i | gorweddaist ti, gorweddest ti | gorweddodd o/e/hi | gorweddon ni | gorweddoch chi | gorweddon nhw |
imperative | — | gorwedda | — | — | gorweddwch | — |
Note: All other forms are periphrastic, as usual in colloquial Welsh. |
Derived terms
editMutation
editradical | soft | nasal | aspirate |
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gorwedd | orwedd | ngorwedd | unchanged |
Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Welsh.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.
Further reading
edit- R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke et al., editors (1950–present), “gorweddaf”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies