gwybod

Welsh

Etymology

From Middle Welsh gwybot, from Proto-Brythonic *gwɨbod. Originally a compound of bod (to be) with an adjective derived from Proto-Celtic *wid-, from Proto-Indo-European *weyd- (to know).

Pronunciation

  • (North Wales) (standard) (colloquial) IPA(key): /ˈɡwɨ̞bɔd/
  • (South Wales) (standard) IPA(key): /ˈɡʊi̯bɔd/, /ˈɡwɪbɔd/
    • (South Wales) (colloquial) IPA(key): /ˈɡuːbɔd/, /ˈɡʊbɔd/
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Verb

gwybod (first-person singular present gwn)

  1. to know (be certain or sure about (something); have knowledge of; be informed about)

Usage notes

In the colloquial language, this verb does not form an inflected preterite; instead the imperfect and the periphrastic preterite are used.

This verb is not used in the sense of knowing a person or a place, only facts. To know a person/place is adnabod/nabod.

Conjugation

Mutation

Welsh mutation
radicalsoftnasalaspirate
gwybod wybod ngwybod unchanged
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every
possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.
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