gwelet
Breton
Etymology
From Middle Breton guelet, from Old Breton guilinn, from Proto-Brythonic *u̯āl-, from Proto-Celtic *weleti (“to see, observe”).[1] Cognate with Cornish gweles and Welsh gweld.
Verb
gwelet
- (transitive) to see
- (intransitive, followed by war) to keep an eye on, watch
Inflection
Mutation of gwelet
| Breton consonant mutation | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| unmutated | soft | aspirate | hard | mixed | |
| gwelet | welet | unchanged | kwelet | welet | |
Conjugation
Conjugation of gwelet
| Personal forms | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Indicative | Conditional | Imperative | |||||
| Present | Imperfect | Preterite | Future | Present | Imperfect | ||
| 1s | gwelan | gwelen | gwelis | gwelin | gwelfen | gweljen | - |
| 2s | gwelez | gweles | gweljout | gweli | gwelfes | gweljes | gwel |
| 3s | gwel | gwele | gwelas | gwelo | gwelfe | gwelje | gwelet |
| 1p | gwelomp | gwelemp | gweljomp | gwelimp | gwelfemp | gweljemp | gwelomp |
| 2p | gwelit | gwelec'h | gweljoc'h | gwelot | gwelfec'h | gweljec'h | gwelit |
| 3p | gwelont | gwelent | gweljont | gwelint | gwelfent | gweljent | gwelent |
| 0 | gweler | gweled | gweljod | gwelor | gwelfed | gweljed | - |
| Impersonal forms | Mutated forms | ||||||
| Infinitive | gwelet, gwelout | Soft mutation after a | a wel- | ||||
| Present participle | o welet | Mixed mutation after e | e wel- | ||||
| Past participle | gwelet (auxiliary verb: kaout) | Soft mutation after ne/na | ne/na wel- | ||||
Alternative forms
- gwelout
Derived terms
- gweled
- rakwelet
References
- Matasović, Ranko (2009), “wel-o”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, pages 412
Welsh
Alternative forms
- gwelit (literary)
- gwelset (colloquial)
Pronunciation
- (North Wales) IPA(key): /ˈɡwɛlɛt/
- (South Wales) IPA(key): /ˈɡweːlɛt/, /ˈɡwɛlɛt/
Verb
gwelet
- second-person singular conditional colloquial of gweld