chwilio
Welsh
Pronunciation
- (North Wales) IPA(key): /ˈχwɪljɔ/
- (South Wales) (standard) (colloquial) IPA(key): /ˈχwɪljɔ/
- (South Wales) (colloquial) IPA(key): /ˈʍɪljɔ/, /ˈwɪljɔ/, /ˈʍɪlɔ/, /ˈwɪlɔ/
Verb
chwilio (first-person singular present chwiliaf)
- to search, look for
- to examine
- (computing) to find
Conjugation
Conjugation (colloquial)
| Inflected colloquial forms | singular | plural | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| first | second | third | first | second | third | |
| future | chwilia i, chwiliaf i | chwili di | chwilith o/e/hi, chwiliff e/hi | chwiliwn ni | chwiliwch chi | chwilian nhw |
| conditional | chwiliwn i, chwiliswn i | chwiliet ti, chwiliset ti | chwiliai fo/fe/hi, chwilisai fo/fe/hi | chwilien ni, chwilisen ni | chwiliech chi, chwilisech chi | chwilien nhw, chwilisen nhw |
| preterite | chwiliais i, chwilies i | chwiliaist ti, chwiliest ti | chwiliodd o/e/hi | chwilion ni | chwilioch chi | chwilion nhw |
| imperative | — | chwilia | — | — | chwiliwch | — |
| Note: All other forms are periphrastic, as usual in colloquial Welsh. | ||||||
Derived terms
- chwiliadur
Mutation
| Welsh mutation | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| radical | soft | nasal | aspirate |
| chwilio | unchanged | unchanged | unchanged |
| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. | |||