gweld
Welsh
Alternative forms
- gweled (archaic)
Etymology
Syncopated form of older gweled, from Middle Welsh gwelet, from Proto-Celtic *weleti (compare Cornish gweles, Breton gwelet), from Proto-Indo-European *welh₁- (compare Latin voltus (“facial expression”), Old English wuldor (“glory”), Tocharian B yel- (“to examine”), Old English wlītan (“to look, gaze”)).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ɡwɛld/
- Rhymes: -ɛld
Verb
gweld (first-person singular present gwelaf)
- (transitive) to see
Conjugation
Conjugation (literary)
| singular | plural | impersonal | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| first | second | third | first | second | third | |||
| present indicative/future | gwelaf | gweli | gwêl, gwŷl | gwelwn | gwelwch | gwelant | gwelir | |
| imperfect (indicative/subjunctive)/conditional | gwelwn | gwelit | gwelai | gwelem | gwelech | gwelent | gwelid | |
| preterite | gwelais | gwelaist | gwelodd | gwelsom | gwelsoch | gwelsant | gwelwyd | |
| pluperfect | gwelswn | gwelsit | gwelsai | gwelsem | gwelsech | gwelsent | gwelsid | |
| present subjunctive | gwelwyf | gwelych | gwelo | gwelom | gweloch | gwelont | gweler | |
| imperative | — | gwêl | gweled, wele | gwelwn | gwelwch | gwelent | gweler | |
| verbal noun | gweld, gweled | |||||||
| verbal adjectives | gweledig gweladwy | |||||||
Conjugation (colloquial)
| Inflected colloquial forms | singular | plural | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| first | second | third | first | second | third | |
| future | gwela i, gwelaf i | gweli di | gwelith o/e/hi, gweliff e/hi | gwelwn ni | gwelwch chi | gwelan nhw |
| conditional | gwelwn i, gwelswn i | gwelet ti, gwelset ti | gwelai fo/fe/hi, gwelsai fo/fe/hi | gwelen ni, gwelsen ni | gwelech chi, gwelsech chi | gwelen nhw, gwelsen nhw |
| preterite | gwelais i, gweles i | gwelaist ti, gwelest ti | gwelodd o/e/hi | gwelon ni | gweloch chi | gwelon nhw |
| imperative | — | gwela | — | — | gwelwch | — |
| Note: All other forms are periphrastic, as usual in colloquial Welsh. | ||||||
Derived terms
- anghydweld (“to disagree”)
- cyd-weld (“to agree”)
- cyfweld (“to interview”)
- gweld eisiau (“to miss”)
- gweledig (“visible”)
- rhagweld (“to foresee”)
- rhithweled (“to hallucinate”)
- ymweld (“to visit”)
Mutation
| Welsh mutation | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| radical | soft | nasal | aspirate |
| gweld | weld | ngweld | unchanged |
| 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), “gweld”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies