gwawdio

Welsh

Alternative forms

  • gwawdian

Etymology

gwawd (“mockery”) +‎ -io.

Verb

gwawdio (first-person singular present gwawdiaf)

  1. to mock, to deride
    Synonyms: gwatwar, mocian, goganu, chwerthin am ben rhywun

Conjugation

Conjugation (literary)
singular plural impersonal
first second third first second third
present indicative/future gwawdiiaf gwawdii gwawdii, gwawdiia gwawdiiwn gwawdiiwch gwawdiiant gwawdiir
imperfect (indicative/subjunctive)/conditional gwawdiiwn gwawdiit gwawdiiai gwawdiiem gwawdiiech gwawdiient gwawdiid
preterite gwawdiiais gwawdiiaist gwawdiiodd gwawdiiasom gwawdiiasoch gwawdiiasant gwawdiiwyd
pluperfect gwawdiiaswn gwawdiiasit gwawdiiasai gwawdiiasem gwawdiiasech gwawdiiasent gwawdiiasid, gwawdiiesid
present subjunctive gwawdiiwyf gwawdiiech gwawdiio gwawdiiom gwawdiioch gwawdiiont gwawdiier
imperative — gwawdii, gwawdiia gwawdiied gwawdiiwn gwawdiiwch gwawdiient gwawdiier
verbal noun
verbal adjectives gwawdiiedig
gwawdiiadwy
Conjugation (colloquial)
inflected
colloquial forms 		singular plural
first second third first second third
future gwawdia i,
gwawdiaf i 		gwawdi di gwawdith o/e/hi,
gwawdiff e/hi 		gwawdiwn ni gwawdiwch chi gwawdian nhw
conditional gwawdiwn i,
gwawdiswn i 		gwawdiet ti,
gwawdiset ti 		gwawdiai fo/fe/hi,
gwawdisai fo/fe/hi 		gwawdien ni,
gwawdisen ni 		gwawdiech chi,
gwawdisech chi 		gwawdien nhw,
gwawdisen nhw
preterite gwawdiais i,
gwawdies i 		gwawdiaist ti,
gwawdiest ti 		gwawdiodd o/e/hi gwawdion ni gwawdioch chi gwawdion nhw
imperative — gwawdia — — gwawdiwch —

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

Further reading

  • D. G. Lewis, N. Lewis, editors (2005–present), “gwawdio”, in Gweiadur: the Welsh–English Dictionary, Gwerin
  • R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke et al., editors (1950–present), “gwawdio”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies
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