trawsnewid

Welsh

Etymology

From traws- +‎ newid.

Verb

trawsnewid (first-person singular present trawsnewidiaf)

1. to convert, to transform, to transmute, to transfigure (change into another form, substance or state)
2. to convert (express in alternative units)

Conjugation

Conjugation (literary)

	singular			plural			impersonal
	first	second	third	first	second	third
present indicative/future	trawsnewidiaf	trawsnewidi	trawsnewidia	trawsnewidiwn	trawsnewidiwch	trawsnewidiant	trawsnewidir
imperfect (indicative/subjunctive)/conditional	trawsnewidiwn	trawsnewidit	trawsnewidiai	trawsnewidiem	trawsnewidiech	trawsnewidient	trawsnewidid
preterite	trawsnewidiais	trawsnewidiaist	trawsnewidiodd	trawsnewidiasom	trawsnewidiasoch	trawsnewidiasant	trawsnewidiwyd
pluperfect	trawsnewidiaswn	trawsnewidiasit	trawsnewidiasai	trawsnewidiasem	trawsnewidiasech	trawsnewidiasent	trawsnewidiasid, trawsnewidiesid
present subjunctive	trawsnewidiwyf	trawsnewidiech	trawsnewidio	trawsnewidiom	trawsnewidioch	trawsnewidiont	trawsnewidier
imperative	—	trawsnewidia	trawsnewidied	trawsnewidiwn	trawsnewidiwch	trawsnewidient	trawsnewidier
verbal noun	trawsnewid
verbal adjectives	trawsnewidiedig trawsnewidiadwy

Conjugation (colloquial)

Inflected colloquial forms	singular			plural
	first	second	third	first	second	third
future	trawsnewidia i, trawsnewidiaf i	trawsnewidi di	trawsnewidith o/e/hi, trawsnewidiff e/hi	trawsnewidiwn ni	trawsnewidiwch chi	trawsnewidian nhw
conditional	trawsnewidiwn i, trawsnewidiswn i	trawsnewidiet ti, trawsnewidiset ti	trawsnewidiai fo/fe/hi, trawsnewidisai fo/fe/hi	trawsnewidien ni, trawsnewidisen ni	trawsnewidiech chi, trawsnewidisech chi	trawsnewidien nhw, trawsnewidisen nhw
preterite	trawsnewidiais i, trawsnewidies i	trawsnewidiaist ti, trawsnewidiest ti	trawsnewidiodd o/e/hi	trawsnewidion ni	trawsnewidioch chi	trawsnewidion nhw
imperative	—	trawsnewidia	—	—	trawsnewidiwch	—
Note: All other forms are periphrastic, as usual in colloquial Welsh.

Derived terms

• trawsnewidiad (“conversion, transformation, transfiguration”)
• trawsnewidiol (“transformational, transitional”)
• trawsnewidydd (“converter, transformer”)

Mutation

Welsh mutation
radical	soft	nasal	aspirate
trawsnewid	drawsnewid	nhrawsnewid	thrawsnewid
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

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