cyweirio

Welsh

Alternative forms

  • cweirio, cwiro

Etymology

From cywair (“ready, prepared, orderly”) +‎ -io.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /kəu̯ˈei̯rjɔ/

Verb

cyweirio (first-person singular present cyweiriaf)

  1. to put in order, to prepare, to lay out
    Synonym: paratoi
  2. to modulate
  3. (music) to tune
    Synonym: tiwnio
  4. to cure (leather, etc.)
  5. to coagulate using rennet
    Synonym: ceulo
  6. to beat, to thrash
    Synonym: curo

Conjugation

Conjugation (literary)
singular plural impersonal
first second third first second third
present indicative/future cyweiriaf cyweiri cyweiria cyweiriwn cyweiriwch cyweiriant cyweirir
imperfect (indicative/subjunctive)/conditional cyweiriwn cyweirit cyweiriai cyweiriem cyweiriech cyweirient cyweirid
preterite cyweiriais cyweiriaist cyweiriodd cyweiriasom cyweiriasoch cyweiriasant cyweiriwyd
pluperfect cyweiriaswn cyweiriasit cyweiriasai cyweiriasem cyweiriasech cyweiriasent cyweiriasid, cyweiriesid
present subjunctive cyweiriwyf cyweiriech cyweirio cyweiriom cyweirioch cyweiriont cyweirier
imperative — cyweiria cyweiried cyweiriwn cyweiriwch cyweirient cyweirier
verbal noun cyweirio
verbal adjectives cyweiriedig
cyweiriadwy
Conjugation (colloquial)
inflected
colloquial forms 		singular plural
first second third first second third
future cyweiria i,
cyweiriaf i 		cyweiri di cyweirith o/e/hi,
cyweiriff e/hi 		cyweiriwn ni cyweiriwch chi cyweirian nhw
conditional cyweiriwn i,
cyweirswn i 		cyweiriet ti,
cyweirset ti 		cyweiriai fo/fe/hi,
cyweirsai fo/fe/hi 		cyweirien ni,
cyweirsen ni 		cyweiriech chi,
cyweirsech chi 		cyweirien nhw,
cyweirsen nhw
preterite cyweiriais i,
cyweiries i 		cyweiriaist ti,
cyweiriest ti 		cyweiriodd o/e/hi cyweirion ni cyweirioch chi cyweirion nhw
imperative — cyweiria — — cyweiriwch —

Note: All other forms are periphrastic, as usual in colloquial Welsh.

Derived terms

  • cweir (“beating, thrashing”)
  • cyweiriad (“preparation, repairing, tuning”)

Mutation

Mutated forms of cyweirio
radical soft nasal aspirate
cyweirio gyweirio nghyweirio chyweirio

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

Further reading

  • D. G. Lewis, N. Lewis, editors (2005–present), “cyweirio”, in Gweiadur: the Welsh–English Dictionary, Gwerin
  • R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke et al., editors (1950–present), “cyweirio”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies
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