trawsnewid
Welsh
Etymology
Verb
trawsnewid (first-person singular present trawsnewidiaf)
- to convert, to transform, to transmute, to transfigure (change into another form, substance or state)
- to convert (express in alternative units)
Conjugation
Conjugation (literary)
singular | plural | impersonal | ||||||
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first | second | third | first | second | third | |||
present indicative/future | trawsnewidiaf | trawsnewidi | trawsnewidia | trawsnewidiwn | trawsnewidiwch | trawsnewidiant | trawsnewidir | |
imperfect (indicative/subjunctive)/conditional | trawsnewidiwn | trawsnewidit | trawsnewidiai | trawsnewidiem | trawsnewidiech | trawsnewidient | trawsnewidid | |
preterite | trawsnewidiais | trawsnewidiaist | trawsnewidiodd | trawsnewidiasom | trawsnewidiasoch | trawsnewidiasant | trawsnewidiwyd | |
pluperfect | trawsnewidiaswn | trawsnewidiasit | trawsnewidiasai | trawsnewidiasem | trawsnewidiasech | trawsnewidiasent | trawsnewidiasid, trawsnewidiesid | |
present subjunctive | trawsnewidiwyf | trawsnewidiech | trawsnewidio | trawsnewidiom | trawsnewidioch | trawsnewidiont | trawsnewidier | |
imperative | — | trawsnewidia | trawsnewidied | trawsnewidiwn | trawsnewidiwch | trawsnewidient | trawsnewidier | |
verbal noun | ||||||||
verbal adjectives | trawsnewidiedig trawsnewidiadwy |
inflected colloquial forms |
singular | plural | ||||
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first | second | third | first | second | third | |
future | trawsnewidia i, trawsnewidiaf i |
trawsnewidi di | trawsnewidith o/e/hi, trawsnewidiff e/hi |
trawsnewidiwn ni | trawsnewidiwch chi | trawsnewidian nhw |
conditional | trawsnewidiwn i, trawsnewidiswn i |
trawsnewidiet ti, trawsnewidiset ti |
trawsnewidiai fo/fe/hi, trawsnewidisai fo/fe/hi |
trawsnewidien ni, trawsnewidisen ni |
trawsnewidiech chi, trawsnewidisech chi |
trawsnewidien nhw, trawsnewidisen nhw |
preterite | trawsnewidiais i, trawsnewidies i |
trawsnewidiaist ti, trawsnewidiest ti |
trawsnewidiodd o/e/hi | trawsnewidion ni | trawsnewidioch chi | trawsnewidion nhw |
imperative | — | trawsnewidia | — | — | trawsnewidiwch | — |
Note: All other forms are periphrastic, as usual in colloquial Welsh.
Derived terms
- trawsnewidiad (“conversion, transformation, transfiguration”)
- trawsnewidiol (“transformational, transitional”)
- trawsnewidydd (“converter, transformer”)
Mutation
radical | soft | nasal | aspirate |
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trawsnewid | drawsnewid | nhrawsnewid | thrawsnewid |
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), “trawsnewid”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies