gweud
Welsh edit
Alternative forms edit
Pronunciation edit
- (North Wales) IPA(key): /ɡweɨ̯d/
- (South Wales) IPA(key): /ɡwei̯d/
Verb edit
gweud (first-person singular present gwedaf)
- (South Wales, colloquial) Alternative form of dweud (“to say, to tell”)
Conjugation edit
Conjugation (colloquial)
| Inflected colloquial forms | singular | plural | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| first | second | third | first | second | third | |
| future | gweda i, gwedaf i | gwedi di | gwedith o/e/hi, gwediff e/hi | gwedwn ni | gwedwch chi | gwedan nhw |
| conditional | gwedwn i, gwedswn i | gwedet ti, gwedset ti | gwedai fo/fe/hi, gwedsai fo/fe/hi | gweden ni, gwedsen ni | gwedech chi, gwedsech chi | gweden nhw, gwedsen nhw |
| preterite | gwedais i, gwedes i | gwedaist ti, gwedest ti | gwedodd o/e/hi | gwedon ni | gwedoch chi | gwedon nhw |
| imperative | — | gweda | — | — | gwedwch | — |
| Note: All other forms are periphrastic, as usual in colloquial Welsh. | ||||||
Mutation edit
| Welsh mutation | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| radical | soft | nasal | aspirate |
| gweud | weud | ngweud | unchanged |
| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. | |||
Further reading edit
- R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke et al., editors (1950–present), “gweud”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies