gwarchod

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Welsh

Etymology

From gwar- +‎ cadw (“to look after”)[1][2] via metathesis gwarchadw > gwarchawd > gwarchod.

Pronunciation

Verb

gwarchod (first-person singular present gwarchodaf)

  1. to guard
  2. to babysit
    Synonym: carco

Conjugation

Conjugation (literary)
singular plural impersonal
first second third first second third
present indicative/future gwarchodaf gwarchodi gwarchod, gwarchoda gwarchodwn gwarchodwch gwarchodant gwarchodir
imperfect (indicative/subjunctive)/
conditional 		gwarchodwn gwarchodit gwarchodai gwarchodem gwarchodech gwarchodent gwarchodid
preterite gwarchodais gwarchodaist gwarchododd gwarchodasom gwarchodasoch gwarchodasant gwarchodwyd
pluperfect gwarchodaswn gwarchodasit gwarchodasai gwarchodasem gwarchodasech gwarchodasent gwarchodasid, gwarchodesid
present subjunctive gwarchodwyf gwarchodych gwarchodo gwarchodom gwarchodoch gwarchodont gwarchoder
imperative — gwarchod, gwarchoda gwarchoded gwarchodwn gwarchodwch gwarchodent gwarchoder
verbal noun gwarchod
verbal adjectives gwarchodedig
gwarchodadwy
Conjugation (colloquial)
Inflected colloquial forms singular plural
first second third first second third
future gwarchoda i, gwarchodaf i gwarchodi di gwarchodith o/e/hi, gwarchodiff e/hi gwarchodwn ni gwarchodwch chi gwarchodan nhw
conditional gwarchodwn i, gwarchodswn i gwarchodet ti, gwarchodset ti gwarchodai fo/fe/hi, gwarchodsai fo/fe/hi gwarchoden ni, gwarchodsen ni gwarchodech chi, gwarchodsech chi gwarchoden nhw, gwarchodsen nhw
preterite gwarchodais i, gwarchodes i gwarchodaist ti, gwarchodest ti gwarchododd o/e/hi gwarchodon ni gwarchodoch chi gwarchodon nhw
imperative — gwarchoda — — gwarchodwch —
Note: All other forms are periphrastic, as usual in colloquial Welsh.

Derived terms

Mutation

Mutated forms of gwarchod
radical soft nasal aspirate
gwarchod warchod ngwarchod unchanged

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Welsh.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

References

  1. ^ R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke et al., editors (1950–present), “gwarchod”, 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, § 156 i (17)
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