gweld

Welsh

Alternative forms

• gweled (archaic)

Etymology

Syncopated form of older gweled, from Middle Welsh gwelet, from Proto-Celtic *weleti (compare Cornish gweles, Breton gwelet), from Proto-Indo-European *wel- (compare Latin voltus (“facial expression”), Old English wuldor (“glory”), Tocharian B yel- (“to examine”), Old English wlītan (“to look, gaze”)).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɡwɛld/
• Rhymes: -ɛld

Verb

gweld (first-person singular present gwelaf)

1. (transitive) to see

Conjugation

Conjugation (literary)

	singular			plural			impersonal
	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
	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

• 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

Welsh mutation
radical	soft	nasal	aspirate
gweld	weld	ngweld	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), “gweld”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies