galw

Welsh

Etymology

From Proto-Brythonic *gėlwɨd, from Proto-Indo-European *gʰel-.[1] Cognate with English call, Latin gallus (“rooster”).[2]

Pronunciation

Verb

galw (first-person singular present galwaf)

  1. to call

Conjugation
Conjugation (literary)
singular plural impersonal
first second third first second third
present indicative/future galwaf gelwi geilw galwn gelwch, galwch galwant gelwir
imperfect (indicative/subjunctive)/conditional galwn galwit galwai galwem galwech galwent gelwid
preterite gelwais gelwaist galwodd galwasom galwasoch galwasant galwyd
pluperfect galwaswn galwasit galwasai galwasem galwasech galwasent galwasid, galwesid
present subjunctive galwyf gelwych galwo galwom galwoch galwont galwer
imperative — galw, galwa galwed galwn gelwch, galwch galwent galwer
verbal noun galw
verbal adjectives galwedig
galwadwy
Conjugation (colloquial)
Inflected colloquial forms singular plural
first second third first second third
future galwa i, galwaf i galwi di galwith o/e/hi, galwiff e/hi galwn ni galwch chi galwan nhw
conditional galwn i, galwswn i galwet ti, galwset ti galwai fo/fe/hi, galwsai fo/fe/hi galwen ni, galwsen ni galwech chi, galwsech chi galwen nhw, galwsen nhw
preterite galwais i, galwes i galwaist ti, galwest ti galwodd o/e/hi galwon ni galwoch chi galwon nhw
imperative — galwa — — galwch —
Note: All other forms are periphrastic, as usual in colloquial Welsh.

Derived terms
  • galw heibio (“call at, stop in, drop by”)
  • galwad (“calling, summoning”)
  • galwedig (“called, summoned”)

References
  1. R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke et al., editors (1950–present), “galw”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies
  2. Morris Jones, John (1913) A Welsh Grammar, Historical and Comparative, Oxford: Clarendon Press, § 202 v
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