chwythu
Welsh
Etymology
From Proto-Brythonic *hwɨθɨd, from Proto-Celtic *swisdeti (compare Breton c’hwezhañ, Cornish hwytha and Old Irish do·infet (“blow”)), from Proto-Indo-European *sweysd- (“to hiss”) (compare Ancient Greek σίζω (sízō, “I hiss”), Russian свиста́ть (svistátʹ)).
Pronunciation
- (North Wales) IPA(key): /ˈχwəθɨ̞/
- (South Wales) (standard) (colloquial) IPA(key): /ˈχwəθi/
- (South Wales) (colloquial) IPA(key): /ˈhwəθi/, /ˈhʊθi/
Conjugation
Conjugation (literary)
singular | plural | impersonal | ||||||
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first | second | third | first | second | third | |||
present indicative/future | chwythaf | chwythi | chwyth, chwytha | chwythwn | chwythwch | chwythant | chwythir | |
imperfect (indicative/subjunctive)/ conditional |
chwythwn | chwythit | chwythai | chwythem | chwythech | chwythent | chwythid | |
preterite | chwythais | chwythaist | chwythodd | chwythasom | chwythasoch | chwythasant | chwythwyd | |
pluperfect | chwythaswn | chwythasit | chwythasai | chwythasem | chwythasech | chwythasent | chwythasid, chwythesid | |
present subjunctive | chwythwyf | chwythych | chwytho | chwythom | chwythoch | chwythont | chwyther | |
imperative | — | chwyth, chwytha | chwythed | chwythwn | chwythwch | chwythent | chwyther | |
verbal noun | chwythu | |||||||
verbal adjectives | chwythedig |
Conjugation (colloquial)
Inflected colloquial forms | singular | plural | ||||
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first | second | third | first | second | third | |
future | chwytha i, chwythaf i | chwythi di | chwythith o/e/hi, chwythiff e/hi | chwythwn ni | chwythwch chi | chwythan nhw |
conditional | chwythwn i, chwythswn i | chwythet ti, chwythset ti | chwythai fo/fe/hi, chwythsai fo/fe/hi | chwythen ni, chwythsen ni | chwythech chi, chwythsech chi | chwythen nhw, chwythsen nhw |
preterite | chwythais i, chwythes i | chwythaist ti, chwythest ti | chwythodd o/e/hi | chwython ni | chwythoch chi | chwython nhw |
imperative | — | chwytha | — | — | chwythwch | — |
Note: All other forms are periphrastic, as usual in colloquial Welsh. |
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