gweld
Welsh
Alternative forms
- gweled (archaic)
Etymology
Syncopated form of older gweled, from Middle Welsh gwelet, from Proto-Brythonic *gwelɨd, from Proto-Celtic *weleti, from Proto-Indo-European *wel-.
See also Cornish gweles, Breton gwelet; also Latin voltus (“facial expression”), Old English wuldor (“glory”), Tocharian B yel- (“to examine”), Old English wlītan (“to look, gaze”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ɡwɛld/
- Rhymes: -ɛld
Verb
gweld (first-person singular present gwelaf)
- (transitive) to see
Conjugation
Conjugation (literary)
| singular | plural | impersonal | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| first | second | third | first | second | third | |||
| present indicative/future | gwelaf | gweli | gwêl, gwŷl | gwelwn | gwelwch | gwelant | gwelir | |
| imperfect (indicative/subjunctive)/conditional | gwelwn | gwelit | gwelai | gwelem | gwelech | gwelent | gwelid | |
| preterite | gwelais | gwelaist | gwelodd | gwelsom | gwelsoch | gwelsant | gwelwyd | |
| pluperfect | gwelswn | gwelsit | gwelsai | gwelsem | gwelsech | gwelsent | gwelsid | |
| present subjunctive | gwelwyf | gwelych | gwelo | gwelom | gweloch | gwelont | gweler | |
| imperative | — | gwêl | gweled, wele | gwelwn | gwelwch | gwelent | gweler | |
| verbal noun | gweld, gweled | |||||||
| verbal adjectives | gweledig gweladwy | |||||||
| inflected colloquial forms |
singular | plural | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| first | second | third | first | second | third | |
| future | gwela i, gwelaf i |
gweli di | gwelith o/e/hi, gweliff e/hi |
gwelwn ni | gwelwch chi | gwelan nhw |
| conditional | gwelwn i, gwelswn i |
gwelet ti, gwelset ti |
gwelai fo/fe/hi, gwelsai fo/fe/hi |
gwelen ni, gwelsen ni |
gwelech chi, gwelsech chi |
gwelen nhw, gwelsen nhw |
| preterite | gwelais i, gweles i |
gwelaist ti, gwelest ti |
gwelodd o/e/hi | gwelon ni | gweloch chi | gwelon nhw |
| imperative | — | gwela | — | — | gwelwch | — |
Note: All other forms are periphrastic, as usual in colloquial Welsh.
Derived terms
- anghydweld (“to disagree”)
- cyd-weld (“to agree”)
- cyfweld (“to interview”)
- gweld eisiau (“to miss”)
- gweledig (“visible”)
- gwyn y gwêl y frân ei chyw (“a parent does not see the faults of his or her own child”)
- rhagweld (“to foresee”)
- rhithweled (“to hallucinate”)
- ymweld (“to visit”)
Mutation
| radical | soft | nasal | aspirate |
|---|---|---|---|
| gweld | weld | ngweld | 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), “gweld”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies