gweddïo

Welsh

Etymology

From Proto-Celtic *gʷedyeti (compare Old Irish guidid), from Proto-Indo-European *gʷʰédʰyeti (“to request, pray, ask for”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ɡwɛˈðiː.ɔ/

Verb

gweddïo (first-person singular present gweddïaf)

  1. to pray
    Mae hi’n gweddïo yn y capel.
    She’s praying in the chapel

Conjugation

Conjugation (literary)
singular plural impersonal
first second third first second third
present indicative/future gweddïaf gweddïi gweddïa gweddïwn gweddïwch gweddïant gweddïir
imperfect (indicative/subjunctive)/conditional gweddïwn gweddïit gweddïai gweddïem gweddïech gweddïent gweddïid
preterite gweddïais gweddïaist gweddïodd gweddïasom gweddïasoch gweddïasant gweddïwyd
pluperfect gweddïaswn gweddïasit gweddïasai gweddïasem gweddïasech gweddïasent gweddïasid, gweddïesid
present subjunctive gweddïwyf gweddïech gweddïo gweddïom gweddïoch gweddïont gweddïer
imperative — gweddïa gweddïed gweddïwn gweddïwch gweddïent gweddïer
verbal noun
verbal adjectives gweddiedig
gweddiadwy
Conjugation (colloquial)
inflected
colloquial forms 		singular plural
first second third first second third
future gweddïa i,
gweddïaf i 		gweddii di gweddiith o/e/hi,
gweddiiff o/e/hi 		gweddïwn ni gweddïwch chi gweddïan nhw
conditional gweddïwn i,
gweddiswn i 		gweddïet ti,
gweddiset ti 		gweddïai fo/fe/hi,
gweddisai fo/fe/hi 		gweddïen ni,
gweddisen ni 		gweddïech chi,
gweddisech chi 		gweddïen nhw,
gweddisen nhw
preterite gweddïais i,
gweddïes i 		gweddïaist ti,
gweddïest ti 		gweddïodd o/e/hi gweddïon ni gweddïoch chi gweddïon nhw
imperative — gweddïa — — gweddïwch —

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

Derived terms

Mutation

Mutated forms of gweddïo
radical soft nasal aspirate
gweddïo weddïo ngweddïo 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), “gweddïo”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies
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