gwneud

• gwneuthur

Back-formation from gwneuthur, from Middle Welsh gwneuthur, altered from *gwreithur with -n- from gwnio (“to sew”), from Proto-Celtic *wregeti (compare Cornish gwra (“he does, makes”), Breton gra (“he does, makes”), Old Irish fairged (“they made”)), from Proto-Indo-European *werǵ- (compare English work). Middle Welsh preserved the -r- in the preterite: gwreith (“I did, made”), goruc (“he did, made”).

• (North Wales) (standard) IPA^(key): /ɡwneɨ̯d/
  • (North Wales) (colloquial) IPA^(key): /ɡneɨ̯d/, /neɨ̯d/
• (South Wales) (standard) (colloquial) IPA^(key): /ɡwnei̯d/
  • (South Wales) (colloquial) IPA^(key): /ɡnei̯d/, /nei̯d/

gwneud (first-person singular present gwnaf)

1. to do; to make

   Dw i'n gwneud e heddiw.

   I am doing it today.

   Wyt ti'n gwneud y brecwast y bore 'ma?

   Are you making breakfast this morning?

2. auxiliary verb used to form the past or future tenses.

   Wnes i anghofio.

   I forgot. (lit. I did forget)

   Wnest ti gofio'r ateb.

   You remembered the answer. (lit. You did remember the answer.)

   Wnaethoch chi ei gweld hi.

   You saw her. (lit. You did see her.)

   Wnaeth o fwyta'r brechdan.

   He ate the sandwich. (lit. He did eat the sandwich.)

   Wnaeth hi dy weld di.

   She saw you. (lit. She did see you.)

   Wnaeth y ci fwyta'r cig.

   The dog ate the meat. (lit. The dog did eat the meat.)

   Wnaethon ni ddod adref.

   We came home. (lit. We did come home.)

   Wnaethon nhw fynd i Fangor.

   They went to Bangor. (lit. They did go to Bangor.)

• gweithred