elwa

Welsh

Etymology

From elw +‎ -a.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɛlwa/
• Rhymes: -ɛlwa

Verb

elwa (first-person singular present elwaf)

1. to profit, gain

Conjugation

Conjugation (literary)

	singular			plural			impersonal
	first	second	third	first	second	third
present indicative/future	elwaf	elwi	elwa	elwn	elwch	elwant	elwir
imperfect (indicative/subjunctive)/conditional	elwn	elwit	elwai	elwem	elwech	elwent	elwid
preterite	elwais	elwaist	elwodd	elwsom	elwsoch	elwsant	elwyd
pluperfect	elwswn	elwsit	elwsai	elwsem	elwsech	elwsent	elwsid
present subjunctive	elwyf	elwych	elwo	elwom	elwoch	elwont	elwer
imperative	—	elwa	elwed	elwn	elwch	elwent	elwer
verbal noun	elwa
verbal adjectives	elwedig elwadwy

Conjugation (colloquial)

Inflected colloquial forms	singular			plural
	first	second	third	first	second	third
future	elwa i, elwaf i	elwi di	elwith o/e/hi, elwiff e/hi	elwn ni	elwch chi	elwan nhw
conditional	elwn i, elwswn i	elwet ti, elwset ti	elwai fo/fe/hi, elwsai fo/fe/hi	elwen ni, elwsen ni	elwech chi, elwsech chi	elwen nhw, elwsen nhw
preterite	elwais i, elwes i	elwaist ti, elwest ti	elwodd o/e/hi	elwon ni	elwoch chi	elwon nhw
imperative	—	elwa	—	—	elwch	—
Note: All other forms are periphrastic, as usual in colloquial Welsh.

Mutation

Mutated forms of elwa

radical	soft	nasal	h-prothesis
elwa	unchanged	unchanged	helwa

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Welsh.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.