pwyso
Welsh
Etymology
From pwys (“weight”) + -o.
Pronunciation
- (North Wales) IPA(key): /ˈpʊɨ̯sɔ/
- (North Wales) IPA(key): /ˈpʊi̯sɔ/
Verb
pwyso (first-person singular present pwysaf)
- (transitive, intransitive) to weigh
- to weigh, find the weight of; to weigh out; to weigh oneself
- to weigh (a certain amount), weigh as much as, (counter)balance
- to weigh, be heavy (as a burden); to press (upon or down); to emphasize
- (figuratively)
- to weigh in the mind, consider (carefully), judge, value
- to be worth, be equal to, counterbalance
- to weigh (upon), burden, press, oppress, impair; to impress (upon), urge, bring pressure to bear (on); to be influential, count
- to depend (upon), rely (on), trust or have confidence (in)
- 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, pwysswn i | pwyset ti, pwysset ti | pwysai fo/fe/hi, pwyssai fo/fe/hi | pwysen ni, pwyssen ni | pwysech chi, pwyssech chi | pwysen nhw, pwyssen 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. | |||