archwilio

Welsh

Etymology

From ar- +‎ chwilio (“to search”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /arˈχwɪljɔ/

Verb

archwilio (first-person singular present archwiliaf)

  1. (transitive) to examine, to explore, to inspect, to investigate

Conjugation

Conjugation (literary)
singular plural impersonal
first second third first second third
present indicative/future archwiliaf archwili archwili, archwilia archwiliwn archwiliwch archwiliant archwilir
imperfect (indicative/subjunctive)/conditional archwiliwn archwilit archwiliai archwiliem archwiliech archwilient archwilid
preterite archwiliais archwiliaist archwiliodd archwiliasom archwiliasoch archwiliasant archwiliwyd
pluperfect archwiliaswn archwiliasit archwiliasai archwiliasem archwiliasech archwiliasent archwiliasid, archwiliesid
present subjunctive archwiliwyf archwiliech archwilio archwiliom archwilioch archwiliont archwilier
imperative — archwili, archwilia archwilied archwiliwn archwiliwch archwilient archwilier
verbal noun
verbal adjectives archwiliedig
archwiliadwy
Conjugation (colloquial)
inflected
colloquial forms 		singular plural
first second third first second third
future archwilia i,
archwiliaf i 		archwili di archwilith o/e/hi,
archwiliff e/hi 		archwiliwn ni archwiliwch chi archwilian nhw
conditional archwiliwn i,
archwiliswn i 		archwiliet ti,
archwiliset ti 		archwiliai fo/fe/hi,
archwilisai fo/fe/hi 		archwilien ni,
archwilisen ni 		archwiliech chi,
archwilisech chi 		archwilien nhw,
archwilisen nhw
preterite archwiliais i,
archwilies i 		archwiliaist ti,
archwiliest ti 		archwiliodd o/e/hi archwilion ni archwilioch chi archwilion nhw
imperative — archwilia — — archwiliwch —

Note: All other forms are periphrastic, as usual in colloquial Welsh.

Derived terms

  • archwiliad (“audit, investigation, scrutiny, (medical) checkup”)
  • archwiliwr (“auditor, inspector”)

Mutation

Mutated forms of archwilio
radical soft nasal h-prothesis
archwilio unchanged unchanged harchwilio

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Welsh.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

Further reading

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