cyweirio

Welsh

Alternative forms

• cweirio, cwiro

Etymology

From cywair (“ready, prepared, orderly”) +‎ -io.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kəu̯ˈei̯rjɔ/

Verb

cyweirio (first-person singular present cyweiriaf)

1. to put in order, to prepare

   Synonym: paratoi

2. to modulate
3. (music) to tune

   Synonym: tiwnio

4. to cure (leather, etc.)
5. to coagulate using rennet

   Synonym: ceulo

6. to beat, to thrash

   Synonym: curo

Conjugation

Conjugation (literary)

	singular			plural			impersonal
	first	second	third	first	second	third
present indicative/future	cyweiriaf	cyweiri	cyweiria	cyweiriwn	cyweiriwch	cyweiriant	cyweirir
imperfect (indicative/subjunctive)/conditional	cyweiriwn	cyweirit	cyweiriai	cyweiriem	cyweiriech	cyweirient	cyweirid
preterite	cyweiriais	cyweiriaist	cyweiriodd	cyweiriasom	cyweiriasoch	cyweiriasant	cyweiriwyd
pluperfect	cyweiriaswn	cyweiriasit	cyweiriasai	cyweiriasem	cyweiriasech	cyweiriasent	cyweiriasid, cyweiriesid
present subjunctive	cyweiriwyf	cyweiriech	cyweirio	cyweiriom	cyweirioch	cyweiriont	cyweirier
imperative	—	cyweiria	cyweiried	cyweiriwn	cyweiriwch	cyweirient	cyweirier
verbal noun	cyweirio
verbal adjectives	cyweiriedig cyweiriadwy

Conjugation (colloquial)

Inflected colloquial forms	singular			plural
	first	second	third	first	second	third
future	cyweiria i, cyweiriaf i	cyweiri di	cyweirith o/e/hi, cyweiriff e/hi	cyweiriwn ni	cyweiriwch chi	cyweirian nhw
conditional	cyweiriwn i, cyweirswn i	cyweiriet ti, cyweirset ti	cyweiriai fo/fe/hi, cyweirsai fo/fe/hi	cyweirien ni, cyweirsen ni	cyweiriech chi, cyweirsech chi	cyweirien nhw, cyweirsen nhw
preterite	cyweiriais i, cyweiries i	cyweiriaist ti, cyweiriest ti	cyweiriodd o/e/hi	cyweirion ni	cyweirioch chi	cyweirion nhw
imperative	—	cyweiria	—	—	cyweiriwch	—
Note: All other forms are periphrastic, as usual in colloquial Welsh.

Derived terms

• cweir (“beating, thraship”)
• cyweiriad (“preparation, repairing, tuning”)

Mutation

Welsh mutation
radical	soft	nasal	aspirate
cyweirio	gyweirio	nghyweirio	chyweirio
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), “cyweirio”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies