dewis
Welsh edit
Etymology edit
From Proto-Indo-European *ǵews- (“to taste, try, choose”). Cognate with Cornish dyuys, Breton divis.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
dewis m (plural dewisiadau or dewisau or dewision)
Verb edit
dewis (first-person singular present dewisaf)
Conjugation edit
Conjugation (literary)
| singular | plural | impersonal | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| first | second | third | first | second | third | |||
| present indicative/future | dewisaf | dewisi | dewis, dewisa | dewiswn | dewiswch | dewisant | dewisir | |
| imperfect (indicative/subjunctive)/ conditional |
dewiswn | dewisit | dewisai | dewisem | dewisech | dewisent | dewisid | |
| preterite | dewisais | dewisaist | dewisodd | dewisasom | dewisasoch | dewisasant | dewiswyd | |
| pluperfect | dewisaswn | dewisasit | dewisasai | dewisasem | dewisasech | dewisasent | dewisasid, dewisesid | |
| present subjunctive | dewiswyf | dewisych | dewiso | dewisom | dewisoch | dewisont | dewiser | |
| imperative | — | dewis, dewisa | dewised | dewiswn | dewiswch | dewisent | dewiser | |
| verbal noun | dewis | |||||||
| verbal adjectives | dewisedig dewisadwy | |||||||
Conjugation (colloquial)
| Inflected colloquial forms | singular | plural | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| first | second | third | first | second | third | |
| future | dewisa i, dewisaf i | dewisi di | dewisith o/e/hi, dewisiff e/hi | dewiswn ni | dewiswch chi | dewisan nhw |
| conditional | dewiswn i, dewisswn i | dewiset ti, dewisset ti | dewisai fo/fe/hi, dewissai fo/fe/hi | dewisen ni, dewissen ni | dewisech chi, dewissech chi | dewisen nhw, dewissen nhw |
| preterite | dewisais i, dewises i | dewisaist ti, dewisest ti | dewisodd o/e/hi | dewison ni | dewisoch chi | dewison nhw |
| imperative | — | dewisa | — | — | dewiswch | — |
| Note: All other forms are periphrastic, as usual in colloquial Welsh. | ||||||
Mutation edit
| Welsh mutation | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| radical | soft | nasal | aspirate |
| dewis | ddewis | newis | unchanged |
| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. | |||
References edit
- R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke et al., editors (1950–present), “dewis”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies