gweini

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Welsh

Etymology

From Proto-Celtic *uɸognīmus, from *uɸo- (“under”) and *gnīmus (“doing”). Cognate with Old Irish fo·gní.

Verb

gweini (first-person singular present gweinyddaf)

  1. to serve, to be in service
    Synonym: gwasanaethu
  2. to serve, to wait
    Synonym: gwasanaethu

Conjugation

Conjugation (literary)
singular plural impersonal
first second third first second third
present indicative/future gweinyddaf gweinyddi gweinydda gweinyddwn gweinyddwch gweinyddant gweinyddir
imperfect (indicative/subjunctive)/
conditional 		gweinyddwn gweinyddit gweinyddai gweinyddem gweinyddech gweinyddent gweinyddid
preterite gweinyddais gweinyddaist gweinyddodd gweinyddasom gweinyddasoch gweinyddasant gweinyddwyd
pluperfect gweinyddaswn gweinyddasit gweinyddasai gweinyddasem gweinyddasech gweinyddasent gweinyddasid, gweinyddesid
present subjunctive gweinyddwyf gweinyddych gweinyddo gweinyddom gweinyddoch gweinyddont gweinydder
imperative — gweinydda gweinydded gweinyddwn gweinyddwch gweinyddent gweinydder
verbal noun gweini
verbal adjectives gweinyddedig
gweinyddadwy
Conjugation (colloquial)
Inflected colloquial forms singular plural
first second third first second third
future gweinydda i, gweinyddaf i gweinyddi di gweinyddith o/e/hi, gweinyddiff e/hi gweinyddwn ni gweinyddwch chi gweinyddan nhw
conditional gweinyddwn i, gweinyddswn i gweinyddet ti, gweinyddset ti gweinyddai fo/fe/hi, gweinyddsai fo/fe/hi gweinydden ni, gweinyddsen ni gweinyddech chi, gweinyddsech chi gweinydden nhw, gweinyddsen nhw
preterite gweinyddais i, gweinyddes i gweinyddaist ti, gweinyddest ti gweinyddodd o/e/hi gweinyddon ni gweinyddoch chi gweinyddon nhw
imperative — gweinydda — — gweinyddwch —
Note: All other forms are periphrastic, as usual in colloquial Welsh.

Derived terms

Mutation

Mutated forms of gweini
radical soft nasal aspirate
gweini weini ngweini unchanged

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

References

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