chwythu

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Welsh

Etymology

From Proto-Brythonic *hwɨθɨd, from Proto-Celtic *swisdeti (compare Breton c’hwezhañ, Cornish hwytha and Old Irish do·infet (blow)), from Proto-Indo-European *sweysd- (to hiss) (compare Ancient Greek σίζω (sízō, I hiss), Russian свиста́ть (svistátʹ)).

Pronunciation

Verb

chwythu (first-person singular present chwythaf, not mutable)

  1. to blow

Conjugation

Conjugation (literary)
singular plural impersonal
first second third first second third
present indicative/future chwythaf chwythi chwyth, chwytha chwythwn chwythwch chwythant chwythir
imperfect (indicative/subjunctive)/
conditional
chwythwn chwythit chwythai chwythem chwythech chwythent chwythid
preterite chwythais chwythaist chwythodd chwythasom chwythasoch chwythasant chwythwyd
pluperfect chwythaswn chwythasit chwythasai chwythasem chwythasech chwythasent chwythasid, chwythesid
present subjunctive chwythwyf chwythych chwytho chwythom chwythoch chwythont chwyther
imperative chwyth, chwytha chwythed chwythwn chwythwch chwythent chwyther
verbal noun chwythu
verbal adjectives chwythedig
Conjugation (colloquial)
inflected
colloquial forms
singular plural
first second third first second third
future chwytha i,
chwythaf i
chwythi di chwythith o/e/hi,
chwythiff e/hi
chwythwn ni chwythwch chi chwythan nhw
conditional chwythwn i,
chwythswn i
chwythet ti,
chwythset ti
chwythai fo/fe/hi,
chwythsai fo/fe/hi
chwythen ni,
chwythsen ni
chwythech chi,
chwythsech chi
chwythen nhw,
chwythsen nhw
preterite chwythais i,
chwythes i
chwythaist ti,
chwythest ti
chwythodd o/e/hi chwython ni chwythoch chi chwython nhw
imperative chwytha chwythwch

Further reading

  • Delyth Prys, J.P.M. Jones, Owain Davies, Gruffudd Prys (2006) Y Termiadur: termau wedi'u safoni; standardised terminology (in Welsh), Cardiff: Awdurdod cymwysterau, cwricwlwm ac asesu Cymru (Qualifications curriculum & assessment authority for Wales), →ISBN, page 132
  • R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke et al., editors (1950–present), “chwythu”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies