pwyso

Welsh

Etymology

From pwys (“weight”) +‎ -o.

Pronunciation

• (North Wales) IPA^(key): /ˈpʊɨ̯sɔ/
• (South Wales) IPA^(key): /ˈpʊi̯sɔ/

Verb

pwyso (first-person singular present pwysaf)

1. (transitive, intransitive) to weigh
   1. to weigh, find the weight of; to weigh out; to weigh oneself
   2. to weigh (a certain amount), weigh as much as, (counter)balance
   3. to weigh, be heavy (as a burden); to press (upon or down); to emphasize
   4. (figuratively)
      1. to weigh in the mind, consider (carefully), judge, value
      2. to be worth, be equal to, counterbalance
      3. to weigh (upon), burden, press, oppress, impair; to impress (upon), urge, bring pressure to bear (on); to be influential, count
      4. to depend (upon), rely (on), trust or have confidence (in)
   5. to lean (against), rest (against), sink; to lean, incline, tend, deviate; to draw on, draw near

Conjugation

Conjugation (literary)

	singular			plural			impersonal
	first	second	third	first	second	third
present indicative/future	pwysaf	pwysi	pwysa	pwyswn	pwyswch	pwysant	pwysir
imperfect (indicative/subjunctive)/ conditional	pwyswn	pwysit	pwysai	pwysem	pwysech	pwysent	pwysid
preterite	pwysais	pwysaist	pwysodd	pwysasom	pwysasoch	pwysasant	pwyswyd
pluperfect	pwysaswn	pwysasit	pwysasai	pwysasem	pwysasech	pwysasent	pwysasid, pwysesid
present subjunctive	pwyswyf	pwysych	pwyso	pwysom	pwysoch	pwysont	pwyser
imperative	—	pwysa	pwysed	pwyswn	pwyswch	pwysent	pwyser
verbal noun	pwyso
verbal adjectives	pwysedig pwysadwy

Conjugation (colloquial)

Inflected colloquial forms	singular			plural
	first	second	third	first	second	third
future	pwysa i, pwysaf i	pwysi di	pwysith o/e/hi, pwysiff e/hi	pwyswn ni	pwyswch chi	pwysan nhw
conditional	pwyswn i	pwyset ti	pwysai fo/fe/hi	pwysen ni	pwysech chi	pwysen nhw
preterite	pwysais i, pwyses i	pwysaist ti, pwysest ti	pwysodd o/e/hi	pwyson ni	pwysoch chi	pwyson nhw
imperative	—	pwysa	—	—	pwyswch	—
Note: All other forms are periphrastic, as usual in colloquial Welsh.

Synonyms

• (to weigh): cloriannu
• (to press): gwasgu
• (to trust): ymddiried, dibynnu

Mutation

Welsh mutation
radical	soft	nasal	aspirate
pwyso	bwyso	mhwyso	phwyso
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.