gweithio
Welsh
Etymology
Pronunciation
- (North Wales) IPA(key): /ˈɡwei̯θjɔ/
- (South Wales, standard) IPA(key): /ˈɡwei̯θjɔ/
- (South Wales, colloquial) IPA(key): /ˈɡwei̯θɔ/, /ˈɡwiːθɔ/
- Rhymes: -ei̯θjɔ
Verb
gweithio (first-person singular present gweithiaf)
Conjugation
Conjugation (literary)
| singular | plural | impersonal | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| first | second | third | first | second | third | |||
| present indicative/future | gweithiaf | gweithi | gweithia | gweithiwn | gweithiwch | gweithiant | gweithir | |
| imperfect (indicative/subjunctive)/conditional | gweithiwn | gweithit | gweithiai | gweithiem | gweithiech | gweithient | gweithid | |
| preterite | gweithiais | gweithiaist | gweithiodd | gweithiasom | gweithiasoch | gweithiasant | gweithiwyd | |
| pluperfect | gweithiaswn | gweithiasit | gweithiasai | gweithiasem | gweithiasech | gweithiasent | gweithiasid, gweithiesid | |
| present subjunctive | gweithiwyf | gweithiech | gweithio | gweithiom | gweithioch | gweithiont | gweithier | |
| imperative | — | gweithia | gweithied | gweithiwn | gweithiwch | gweithient | gweithier | |
| verbal noun | ||||||||
| verbal adjectives | gweithiedig gweithiadwy | |||||||
| inflected colloquial forms |
singular | plural | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| first | second | third | first | second | third | |
| future | gweithia i, gweithiaf i |
gweithi di | gweithith o/e/hi, gweithiff e/hi |
gweithiwn ni | gweithiwch chi | gweithian nhw |
| conditional | gweithiwn i, gweithswn i |
gweithiet ti, gweithset ti |
gweithiai fo/fe/hi, gweithsai fo/fe/hi |
gweithien ni, gweithsen ni |
gweithiech chi, gweithsech chi |
gweithien nhw, gweithsen nhw |
| preterite | gweithiais i, gweithies i |
gweithiaist ti, gweithiest ti |
gweithiodd o/e/hi | gweithion ni | gweithioch chi | gweithion nhw |
| imperative | — | gweithia | — | — | gweithiwch | — |
Note: All other forms are periphrastic, as usual in colloquial Welsh.
Derived terms
- gweithio allan (“to work out, to make sense of”)
Mutation
| radical | soft | nasal | aspirate |
|---|---|---|---|
| gweithio | weithio | ngweithio | unchanged |
Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Welsh.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.
References
- R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke et al., editors (1950–present), “gweithio”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies