gwylio

Welsh

Etymology

gŵyl (in its initial sense of “vigil”, from Latin vigilia) +‎ -io

Pronunciation

Usage notes

Despite being written with a "y", the vowel here is generally pronounced /ɪ/ in the north as tends to be the case when "y" follows "w".

Verb

gwylio (first-person singular present gwyliaf)

  1. to watch
  2. to keep watch over, to observe

Conjugation

Conjugation (colloquial)
inflected
colloquial forms
singular plural
first second third first second third
future gwylia i,
gwyliaf i
gwyli di gwylith o/e/hi,
gwyliff e/hi
gwyliwn ni gwyliwch chi gwylian nhw
conditional gwyliwn i,
gwylswn i
gwyliet ti,
gwylset ti
gwyliai fo/fe/hi,
gwylsai fo/fe/hi
gwylien ni,
gwylsen ni
gwyliech chi,
gwylsech chi
gwylien nhw,
gwylsen nhw
preterite gwyliais i,
gwylies i
gwyliaist ti,
gwyliest ti
gwyliodd o/e/hi gwylion ni gwylioch chi gwylion nhw
imperative gwylia gwyliwch

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

Synonyms

Derived terms

Mutation

Mutated forms of gwylio
radical soft nasal aspirate
gwylio wylio ngwylio unchanged

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