gwylio

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Welsh

Etymology

gŵyl (in its initial sense of “vigil”, from Latin vigilia) +‎ -io

Pronunciation

Usage notes

Despite being written with a "y", the vowel here is generally pronounced /ɪ/ in the north as tends to be the case when "y" follows "w".

Verb

gwylio (first-person singular present gwyliaf)

  1. to watch
  2. to keep watch over, to observe

Conjugation

Conjugation (literary)
singular plural impersonal
first second third first second third
present indicative/future gwyliaf gwyli gwyli, gwylia gwyliwn gwyliwch gwyliant gwylir
imperfect (indicative/subjunctive)/conditional gwyliwn gwylit gwyliai gwyliem gwyliech gwylient gwylid
preterite gwyliais gwyliaist gwyliodd gwyliasom gwyliasoch gwyliasant gwyliwyd
pluperfect gwyliaswn gwyliasit gwyliasai gwyliasem gwyliasech gwyliasent gwyliasid, gwyliesid
present subjunctive gwyliwyf gwyliech gwylio gwyliom gwylioch gwyliont gwylier
imperative — gwyli, gwylia gwylied gwyliwn gwyliwch gwylient gwylier
verbal noun gwylio
verbal adjectives gwyliedig
gwyliadwy
Conjugation (colloquial)
Inflected colloquial forms singular plural
first second third first second third
future gwylia i, gwyliaf i gwyli di gwylith o/e/hi, gwyliff e/hi gwyliwn ni gwyliwch chi gwylian nhw
conditional gwyliwn i, gwylswn i gwyliet ti, gwylset ti gwyliai fo/fe/hi, gwylsai fo/fe/hi gwylien ni, gwylsen ni gwyliech chi, gwylsech chi gwylien nhw, gwylsen nhw
preterite gwyliais i, gwylies i gwyliaist ti, gwyliest ti gwyliodd o/e/hi gwylion ni gwylioch chi gwylion nhw
imperative — gwylia — — gwyliwch —
Note: All other forms are periphrastic, as usual in colloquial Welsh.

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Mutation

Welsh mutation
radical soft nasal aspirate
gwylio wylio ngwylio unchanged
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.
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