gwirio

Welsh

Verb

gwirio (first-person singular present gwiriaf)

1. to verify, to check

Conjugation

Conjugation (literary)

	singular			plural			impersonal
	first	second	third	first	second	third
present indicative/future	gwiriâf	gwiriei	gwiriâ	gwiriawn	gwiriewch	gwiriânt	gwirieir
imperfect (indicative/subjunctive)/conditional	gwiriawn	gwiriait	gwiriâi	gwiriaem	gwiriaech	gwiriaent	gwirieid
preterite	gwirieais	gwirieaist	gwiriaodd	gwiriasom	gwiriasoch	gwiriasant	gwiriawyd
pluperfect	gwiriaswn	gwiriasit	gwiriasai	gwiriasem	gwiriasech	gwiriasent	gwiriasid, gwiriesid
present subjunctive	gwiriawyf	gwirieych	gwiriao	gwiriaom	gwiriaoch	gwiriaont	gwiriaer
imperative	—	gwiriâ	gwiriaed	gwiriawn	gwiriewch	gwiriaent	gwiriaer
verbal noun	gwirio
verbal adjectives	gwiriedig gwiriadwy

Conjugation (colloquial)

Inflected colloquial forms	singular			plural
	first	second	third	first	second	third
future	gwiria i, gwiriaf i	gwiri di	gwirith o/e/hi, gwiriff e/hi	gwiriwn ni	gwiriwch chi	gwirian nhw
conditional	gwiriwn i, gwiriswn i	gwiriet ti, gwiriset ti	gwiriai fo/fe/hi, gwirisai fo/fe/hi	gwirien ni, gwirisen ni	gwiriech chi, gwirisech chi	gwirien nhw, gwirisen nhw
preterite	gwiriais i, gwiries i	gwiriaist ti, gwiriest ti	gwiriodd o/e/hi	gwirion ni	gwirioch chi	gwirion nhw
imperative	—	gwiria	—	—	gwiriwch	—
Note: All other forms are periphrastic, as usual in colloquial Welsh.

Derived terms

• gwiriwr (“verifier”)
• gwirio sillafu (“to spell check”)

Mutation

Welsh mutation
radical	soft	nasal	aspirate
gwirio	wirio	ngwirio	unchanged
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References

• R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke et al., editors (1950–present), “gwirio”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies