elwa

Welsh

Etymology

From elw +‎ -a.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈɛlwa/
  • Rhymes: -ɛlwa

Verb

elwa (first-person singular present elwaf)

  1. to profit, gain

Conjugation

Conjugation (literary)
singular plural impersonal
first second third first second third
present indicative/future elwaf elwi elwa elwn elwch elwant elwir
imperfect (indicative/subjunctive)/conditional elwn elwit elwai elwem elwech elwent elwid
preterite elwais elwaist elwodd elwsom elwsoch elwsant elwyd
pluperfect elwswn elwsit elwsai elwsem elwsech elwsent elwsid
present subjunctive elwyf elwych elwo elwom elwoch elwont elwer
imperative — elwa elwed elwn elwch elwent elwer
verbal noun
verbal adjectives elwedig
elwadwy
Conjugation (colloquial)
inflected
colloquial forms 		singular plural
first second third first second third
future elwa i,
elwaf i 		elwi di elwith o/e/hi,
elwiff e/hi 		elwn ni elwch chi elwan nhw
conditional elwn i,
elwswn i 		elwet ti,
elwset ti 		elwai fo/fe/hi,
elwsai fo/fe/hi 		elwen ni,
elwsen ni 		elwech chi,
elwsech chi 		elwen nhw,
elwsen nhw
preterite elwais i,
elwes i 		elwaist ti,
elwest ti 		elwodd o/e/hi elwon ni elwoch chi elwon nhw
imperative — elwa — — elwch —

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

Mutation

Mutated forms of elwa
radical soft nasal h-prothesis
elwa unchanged unchanged helwa

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

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