gwirfoddoli
Welsh
editEtymology
editFrom gwirfoddol (“voluntary”) + -i.
Verb
editgwirfoddoli (first-person singular present gwirfoddolaf)
- to volunteer
Conjugation
editConjugation (literary)
singular | plural | impersonal | ||||||
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first | second | third | first | second | third | |||
present indicative/future | gwirfoddolaf | gwirfoddoli | gwirfoddola | gwirfoddolwn | gwirfoddolwch | gwirfoddolant | gwirfoddolir | |
imperfect (indicative/subjunctive)/ conditional |
gwirfoddolwn | gwirfoddolit | gwirfoddolai | gwirfoddolem | gwirfoddolech | gwirfoddolent | gwirfoddolid | |
preterite | gwirfoddolais | gwirfoddolaist | gwirfoddolodd | gwirfoddolasom | gwirfoddolasoch | gwirfoddolasant | gwirfoddolwyd | |
pluperfect | gwirfoddolaswn | gwirfoddolasit | gwirfoddolasai | gwirfoddolasem | gwirfoddolasech | gwirfoddolasent | gwirfoddolasid, gwirfoddolesid | |
present subjunctive | gwirfoddolwyf | gwirfoddolych | gwirfoddolo | gwirfoddolom | gwirfoddoloch | gwirfoddolont | gwirfoddoler | |
imperative | — | gwirfoddola | gwirfoddoled | gwirfoddolwn | gwirfoddolwch | gwirfoddolent | gwirfoddoler | |
verbal noun | gwirfoddoli | |||||||
verbal adjectives | gwirfoddoledig gwirfoddoladwy |
Conjugation (colloquial)
Inflected colloquial forms | singular | plural | ||||
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first | second | third | first | second | third | |
future | gwirfoddola i, gwirfoddolaf i | gwirfoddoli di | gwirfoddolith o/e/hi, gwirfoddoliff e/hi | gwirfoddolwn ni | gwirfoddolwch chi | gwirfoddolan nhw |
conditional | gwirfoddolwn i, gwirfoddolswn i | gwirfoddolet ti, gwirfoddolset ti | gwirfoddolai fo/fe/hi, gwirfoddolsai fo/fe/hi | gwirfoddolen ni, gwirfoddolsen ni | gwirfoddolech chi, gwirfoddolsech chi | gwirfoddolen nhw, gwirfoddolsen nhw |
preterite | gwirfoddolais i, gwirfoddoles i | gwirfoddolaist ti, gwirfoddolest ti | gwirfoddolodd o/e/hi | gwirfoddolon ni | gwirfoddoloch chi | gwirfoddolon nhw |
imperative | — | gwirfoddola | — | — | gwirfoddolwch | — |
Note: All other forms are periphrastic, as usual in colloquial Welsh. |
Derived terms
edit- gwirfoddolwr (“volunteer”)
Mutation
editradical | soft | nasal | aspirate |
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gwirfoddoli | wirfoddoli | ngwirfoddoli | 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), “gwirfoddoli”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies