cweryla

Welsh

Etymology

From cweryl (quarrel) +‎ -a.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /kwɛˈrəla/
  • Rhymes: -əla

Verb

cweryla (first-person singular present cwerylaf)

  1. (intransitive) to quarrel, to bicker
    Synonyms: cecru, ffraeo, ymgecru, cynhenna, ymrafael

Conjugation

Conjugation (literary)
singular plural impersonal
first second third first second third
present indicative/future cwerylaf cweryli cweryla cwerylwn cwerylwch cwerylant cwerylir
imperfect (indicative/subjunctive)/
conditional
cwerylwn cwerylit cwerylai cwerylem cwerylech cwerylent cwerylid
preterite cwerylais cwerylaist cwerylodd cwerylasom cwerylasoch cwerylasant cwerylwyd
pluperfect cwerylaswn cwerylasit cwerylasai cwerylasem cwerylasech cwerylasent cwerylasid, cwerylesid
present subjunctive cwerylwyf cwerylych cwerylo cwerylom cweryloch cwerylont cweryler
imperative cweryla cweryled cwerylwn cwerylwch cwerylent cweryler
verbal noun cweryla
verbal adjectives cweryledig
cweryladwy
Conjugation (colloquial)
inflected
colloquial forms
singular plural
first second third first second third
future cweryla i,
cwerylaf i
cweryli di cwerylith o/e/hi,
cweryliff e/hi
cwerylwn ni cwerylwch chi cwerylan nhw
conditional cwerylwn i,
cwerylswn i
cwerylet ti,
cwerylset ti
cwerylai fo/fe/hi,
cwerylsai fo/fe/hi
cwerylen ni,
cwerylsen ni
cwerylech chi,
cwerylsech chi
cwerylen nhw,
cwerylsen nhw
preterite cwerylais i,
cweryles i
cwerylaist ti,
cwerylest ti
cwerylodd o/e/hi cwerylon ni cweryloch chi cwerylon nhw
imperative cweryla cwerylwch

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

Derived terms

Mutation

Mutated forms of cweryla
radical soft nasal aspirate
cweryla gweryla nghweryla chweryla

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