sibrwd

Welsh

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈsɪbrʊd/
  • Rhymes: -ɪbrʊd

Verb

sibrwd (first-person singular present sibrydaf, not mutable)

  1. to whisper
    Synonym: sisial

Conjugation

Conjugation (literary)
singular plural impersonal
first second third first second third
present indicative/future sibrydaf sibrydi sibrwd, sibryda sibrydwn sibrydwch sibrydant sibrydir
imperfect (indicative/subjunctive)/
conditional
sibrydwn sibrydit sibrydai sibrydem sibrydech sibrydent sibrydid
preterite sibrydais sibrydaist sibrydodd sibrydasom sibrydasoch sibrydasant sibrydwyd
pluperfect sibrydaswn sibrydasit sibrydasai sibrydasem sibrydasech sibrydasent sibrydasid, sibrydesid
present subjunctive sibrydwyf sibrydych sibrydo sibrydom sibrydoch sibrydont sibryder
imperative sibrwd, sibryda sibryded sibrydwn sibrydwch sibrydent sibryder
verbal noun sibrwd
verbal adjectives
Conjugation (colloquial)
inflected
colloquial forms
singular plural
first second third first second third
future sibryda i,
sibrydaf i
sibrydi di sibrydith o/e/hi,
sibrydiff e/hi
sibrydwn ni sibrydwch chi sibrydan nhw
conditional sibrydwn i,
sibrydswn i
sibrydet ti,
sibrydset ti
sibrydai fo/fe/hi,
sibrydsai fo/fe/hi
sibryden ni,
sibrydsen ni
sibrydech chi,
sibrydsech chi
sibryden nhw,
sibrydsen nhw
preterite sibrydais i,
sibrydes i
sibrydaist ti,
sibrydest ti
sibrydodd o/e/hi sibrydon ni sibrydoch chi sibrydon nhw
imperative sibryda sibrydwch

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

Alternative forms

  • sibrwdo, sibrwdu
Derived terms
  • sibrydiad (whisper, whispering)

Noun

sibrwd m (plural sibrydion or sibrydiau or sibrwdiau, not mutable)

  1. whisper, murmur
    Synonyms: sisial, murmur
  2. grumble, rumour
    Synonyms: grwgnachiad, si

Further reading

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