Syncopated form of older gweled, from Middle Welsh gwelet, from Proto-Brythonic *gwelɨd, from Proto-Celtic *weleti, from Proto-Indo-European *wel-.
See also Cornish gweles, Breton gwelet; also Latin voltus (“facial expression”), Old English wuldor (“glory”), Tocharian B yel- (“to examine”), Old English wlītan (“to look, gaze”).
gweld (first-person singular present gwelaf)
singular | plural | impersonal | ||||||
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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 |
Inflected colloquial forms | singular | plural | ||||
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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. |
Welsh mutation | |||
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radical | soft | nasal | aspirate |
gweld | weld | ngweld | unchanged |
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. |