gweld

Welsh

Alternative forms

Etymology

Syncopated form of older gweled, from Middle Welsh gwelet, from Proto-Celtic *weleti (compare Cornish gweles, Breton gwelet), from Proto-Indo-European *welh₁- (compare Latin voltus (“facial expression”), Old English wuldor (“glory”), Tocharian B yel- (“to examine”), Old English wlītan (“to look, gaze”)).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ɡwɛld/
  • Rhymes: -ɛld

Verb

gweld (first-person singular present gwelaf)

  1. (transitive) to see

Conjugation
Conjugation (literary)
singular plural impersonal
first second third first second third
present indicative/future gwelaf gweli gwêl, gwŷl gwelwn gwelwch gwelant gwelir
imperfect (indicative/subjunctive)/conditional gwelwn gwelit gwelai gwelem gwelech gwelent gwelid
preterite gwelais gwelaist gwelodd gwelsom gwelsoch gwelsant gwelwyd
pluperfect gwelswn gwelsit gwelsai gwelsem gwelsech gwelsent gwelsid
present subjunctive gwelwyf gwelych gwelo gwelom gweloch gwelont gweler
imperative — gwêl gweled, wele gwelwn gwelwch gwelent gweler
verbal noun gweld, gweled
verbal adjectives gweledig
gweladwy
Conjugation (colloquial)
Inflected colloquial forms singular plural
first second third first second third
future gwela i, gwelaf i gweli di gwelith o/e/hi, gweliff e/hi gwelwn ni gwelwch chi gwelan nhw
conditional gwelwn i, gwelswn i gwelet ti, gwelset ti gwelai fo/fe/hi, gwelsai fo/fe/hi gwelen ni, gwelsen ni gwelech chi, gwelsech chi gwelen nhw, gwelsen nhw
preterite gwelais i, gweles i gwelaist ti, gwelest ti gwelodd o/e/hi gwelon ni gweloch chi gwelon nhw
imperative — gwela — — gwelwch —
Note: All other forms are periphrastic, as usual in colloquial Welsh.

Derived terms
  • anghydweld (“to disagree”)
  • cyd-weld (“to agree”)
  • cyfweld (“to interview”)
  • gweld eisiau (“to miss”)
  • gweledig (“visible”)
  • rhagweld (“to foresee”)
  • rhithweled (“to hallucinate”)
  • ymweld (“to visit”)

Mutation
Welsh mutation
radicalsoftnasalaspirate
gweld weld ngweld unchanged
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading
  • R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke et al., editors (1950–present), “gweld”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies
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