Welsh

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Etymology

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gŵyl (in its initial sense of “vigil”, from Latin vigilia) +‎ -io

Pronunciation

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Usage notes

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Despite being written with a "y", the vowel here is generally pronounced /ɪ/ in the north as tends to be the case when "y" follows "w".

Verb

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gwylio (first-person singular present gwyliaf)

  1. to watch
  2. to keep watch over, to observe

Conjugation

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Derived terms

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Mutation

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