gweld
Welsh
editAlternative forms
edit- gweled (archaic)
Etymology
editSyncopated form of older gweled, from Middle Welsh gwelet, from Proto-Brythonic *gwelɨd, from Proto-Celtic *weleti, from Proto-Indo-European *wel-.
See also Cornish gweles, Breton gwelet; also Latin voltus (“facial expression”), Old English wuldor (“glory”), Tocharian B yel- (“to examine”), Old English wlītan (“to look, gaze”).
Pronunciation
editVerb
editgweld (first-person singular present gwelaf)
- (transitive) to see
Conjugation
editConjugation (literary)
singular | plural | impersonal | ||||||
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first | second | third | first | second | third | |||
present indicative/future | gwelaf | gweli | gwêl, gwŷl | gwelwn | gwelwch | gwelant | gwelir | |
imperfect (indicative/subjunctive)/conditional | gwelwn | gwelit | gwelai | gwelem | gwelech | gwelent | gwelid | |
preterite | gwelais | gwelaist | gwelodd | gwelsom | gwelsoch | gwelsant | gwelwyd | |
pluperfect | gwelswn | gwelsit | gwelsai | gwelsem | gwelsech | gwelsent | gwelsid | |
present subjunctive | gwelwyf | gwelych | gwelo | gwelom | gweloch | gwelont | gweler | |
imperative | — | gwêl | gweled, wele | gwelwn | gwelwch | gwelent | gweler | |
verbal noun | gweld, gweled | |||||||
verbal adjectives | gweledig gweladwy |
Conjugation (colloquial)
Inflected colloquial forms | singular | plural | ||||
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first | second | third | first | second | third | |
future | gwela i, gwelaf i | gweli di | gwelith o/e/hi, gweliff e/hi | gwelwn ni | gwelwch chi | gwelan nhw |
conditional | gwelwn i, gwelswn i | gwelet ti, gwelset ti | gwelai fo/fe/hi, gwelsai fo/fe/hi | gwelen ni, gwelsen ni | gwelech chi, gwelsech chi | gwelen nhw, gwelsen nhw |
preterite | gwelais i, gweles i | gwelaist ti, gwelest ti | gwelodd o/e/hi | gwelon ni | gweloch chi | gwelon nhw |
imperative | — | gwela | — | — | gwelwch | — |
Note: All other forms are periphrastic, as usual in colloquial Welsh. |
Derived terms
edit- anghydweld (“to disagree”)
- cyd-weld (“to agree”)
- cyfweld (“to interview”)
- gweld eisiau (“to miss”)
- gweledig (“visible”)
- gwyn y gwêl y frân ei chyw (“a parent does not see the faults of his or her own child”)
- rhagweld (“to foresee”)
- rhithweled (“to hallucinate”)
- ymweld (“to visit”)
Mutation
editradical | soft | nasal | aspirate |
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gweld | weld | ngweld | 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), “gweld”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies
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- Welsh terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *wel-
- Welsh terms inherited from Middle Welsh
- Welsh terms derived from Middle Welsh
- Welsh terms inherited from Proto-Brythonic
- Welsh terms derived from Proto-Brythonic
- Welsh terms inherited from Proto-Celtic
- Welsh terms derived from Proto-Celtic
- Welsh terms inherited from Proto-Indo-European
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