tawelu
Welsh
Pronunciation
- (North Wales) IPA(key): /tau̯ˈɛlɨ̞/
- (South Wales) IPA(key): /tau̯ˈeːli/, /tau̯ˈɛli/
Verb
tawelu (first-person singular present tawelaf)
- to calm, to allay, to tranquillize
- Synonyms: distewi, gostegu, llonyddu
Conjugation
Conjugation (literary)
| singular | plural | impersonal | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| first | second | third | first | second | third | |||
| present indicative/future | tawelaf | taweli | tawela | tawelwn | tawelwch | tawelant | tawelir | |
| imperfect (indicative/subjunctive)/ conditional |
tawelwn | tawelit | tawelai | tawelem | tawelech | tawelent | tawelid | |
| preterite | tawelais | tawelaist | tawelodd | tawelasom | tawelasoch | tawelasant | tawelwyd | |
| pluperfect | tawelaswn | tawelasit | tawelasai | tawelasem | tawelasech | tawelasent | tawelasid, tawelesid | |
| present subjunctive | tawelwyf | tawelych | tawelo | tawelom | taweloch | tawelont | taweler | |
| imperative | — | tawela | taweled | tawelwn | tawelwch | tawelent | taweler | |
| verbal noun | tawelu | |||||||
| verbal adjectives | taweledig taweladwy | |||||||
Conjugation (colloquial)
| Inflected colloquial forms | singular | plural | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| first | second | third | first | second | third | |
| future | tawela i, tawelaf i | taweli di | tawelith o/e/hi, taweliff e/hi | tawelwn ni | tawelwch chi | tawelan nhw |
| conditional | tawelwn i, tawelswn i | tawelet ti, tawelset ti | tawelai fo/fe/hi, tawelsai fo/fe/hi | tawelen ni, tawelsen ni | tawelech chi, tawelsech chi | tawelen nhw, tawelsen nhw |
| preterite | tawelais i, taweles i | tawelaist ti, tawelest ti | tawelodd o/e/hi | tawelon ni | taweloch chi | tawelon nhw |
| imperative | — | tawela | — | — | tawelwch | — |
| Note: All other forms are periphrastic, as usual in colloquial Welsh. | ||||||
Derived terms
- tawelydd
Mutation
| Welsh mutation | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| radical | soft | nasal | aspirate |
| tawelu | dawelu | nhawelu | thawelu |
| 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), “tawelu”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies
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