bwyta

Welsh

Etymology

bwyd (food) +‎ -ha (forming verbs)

Pronunciation

  • (North Wales, standard) IPA(key): /ˈbʊɨ̯ta/
  • (South Wales, standard) IPA(key): /ˈbʊi̯ta/
  • Audio:(file)
  • Rhymes: -ʊɨ̯ta

Verb

bwyta (first-person singular present bwytâf)

  1. to eat

Conjugation

Conjugation (literary)
singular plural impersonal
first second third first second third
present indicative/future bwytâf bwytei bwyty bwytawn bwytewch bwytânt bwyteir
imperfect (indicative/subjunctive)/
conditional
bwytawn bwytait bwytâi bwytaem bwytaech bwytaent bwyteid
preterite bwyteais bwyteaist bwytaodd bwytasom bwytasoch bwytasant bwytawyd
pluperfect bwytaswn bwytasit bwytasai bwytasem bwytasech bwytasent bwytasid, bwytesid
present subjunctive bwytawyf bwyteych bwytao bwytaom bwytaoch bwytaont bwytaer
imperative bwytâ bwytaed bwytawn bwytewch bwytaent bwytaer
verbal noun
verbal adjectives bwytaedig, bwytaëdig
bwytadwy
Conjugation (colloquial)
inflected
colloquial forms
singular plural
first second third first second third
future bwyta i,
bwytaf i
bwyti di bwytith o/e/hi,
bwytiff e/hi
bwytwn ni bwytwch chi bwytan nhw
conditional bwytwn i,
bwytswn i
bwytet ti,
bwytset ti
bwytai fo/fe/hi,
bwytsai fo/fe/hi
bwyten ni,
bwytsen ni
bwytech chi,
bwytsech chi
bwyten nhw,
bwytsen nhw
preterite bwytais i,
bwytes i
bwytaist ti,
bwytest ti
bwytodd o/e/hi bwyton ni bwytoch chi bwyton nhw
imperative bwyta bwytwch

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

Derived terms

Mutation

Mutated forms of bwyta
radical soft nasal aspirate
bwyta fwyta mwyta unchanged

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), “bwyta”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies