chwilio
Welsh
Etymology
chwŷl (“turn, revolution”, with i-mutation) + -io
Pronunciation
- (North Wales) IPA(key): /ˈχwɪljɔ/
- (South Wales, standard, colloquial) IPA(key): /ˈχwɪljɔ/
- (South Wales, colloquial) IPA(key): /ˈʍɪljɔ/, /ˈwɪljɔ/, /ˈʍɪlɔ/, /ˈwɪlɔ/
- Rhymes: -ɪljɔ
Verb
chwilio (first-person singular present chwiliaf, not mutable)
Conjugation
Conjugation (literary)
| singular | plural | impersonal | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| first | second | third | first | second | third | |||
| present indicative/future | chwiliaf | chwili | chwilia | chwiliwn | chwiliwch | chwiliant | chwilir | |
| imperfect (indicative/subjunctive)/conditional | chwiliwn | chwilit | chwiliai | chwiliem | chwiliech | chwilient | chwilid | |
| preterite | chwiliais | chwiliaist | chwiliodd | chwiliasom | chwiliasoch | chwiliasant | chwiliwyd | |
| pluperfect | chwiliaswn | chwiliasit | chwiliasai | chwiliasem | chwiliasech | chwiliasent | chwiliasid, chwiliesid | |
| present subjunctive | chwiliwyf | chwiliech | chwilio | chwiliom | chwilioch | chwiliont | chwilier | |
| imperative | — | chwilia | chwilied | chwiliwn | chwiliwch | chwilient | chwilier | |
| verbal noun | chwilio | |||||||
| verbal adjectives | chwiliedig chwiliadwy | |||||||
Conjugation (colloquial)
| Inflected colloquial forms | singular | plural | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| first | second | third | first | second | third | |
| future | chwilia i, chwiliaf i | chwili di | chwilith o/e/hi, chwiliff e/hi | chwiliwn ni | chwiliwch chi | chwilian nhw |
| conditional | chwiliwn i, chwiliswn i | chwiliet ti, chwiliset ti | chwiliai fo/fe/hi, chwilisai fo/fe/hi | chwilien ni, chwilisen ni | chwiliech chi, chwilisech chi | chwilien nhw, chwilisen nhw |
| preterite | chwiliais i, chwilies i | chwiliaist ti, chwiliest ti | chwiliodd o/e/hi | chwilion ni | chwilioch chi | chwilion nhw |
| imperative | — | chwilia | — | — | chwiliwch | — |
| Note: All other forms are periphrastic, as usual in colloquial Welsh. | ||||||
Derived terms
- chwilfrydig (“curious, inquisitive”)
- chwiliadur (“search engine”)
- chwiliwr (“investigator”)
- chwiliedydd (“probe”)
- chwilys (“inquisition”)
- chwilyswr (“inquisitor”)
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