tawelu

Welsh

Etymology

From tawel (“quiet”) +‎ -o.

Pronunciation

• (North Wales) IPA^(key): /tau̯ˈɛlɨ̞/
• (South Wales) IPA^(key): /tau̯ˈeːli/, /tau̯ˈɛli/

Verb

tawelu (first-person singular present tawelaf)

1. to calm, to allay, to tranquillize

   Synonyms: distewi, gostegu, llonyddu

Conjugation

Conjugation (literary)

	singular			plural			impersonal
	first	second	third	first	second	third
present indicative/future	tawelaf	taweli	tawela	tawelwn	tawelwch	tawelant	tawelir
imperfect (indicative/subjunctive)/ conditional	tawelwn	tawelit	tawelai	tawelem	tawelech	tawelent	tawelid
preterite	tawelais	tawelaist	tawelodd	tawelasom	tawelasoch	tawelasant	tawelwyd
pluperfect	tawelaswn	tawelasit	tawelasai	tawelasem	tawelasech	tawelasent	tawelasid, tawelesid
present subjunctive	tawelwyf	tawelych	tawelo	tawelom	taweloch	tawelont	taweler
imperative	—	tawela	taweled	tawelwn	tawelwch	tawelent	taweler
verbal noun	tawelu
verbal adjectives	taweledig taweladwy

Conjugation (colloquial)

Inflected colloquial forms	singular			plural
	first	second	third	first	second	third
future	tawela i, tawelaf i	taweli di	tawelith o/e/hi, taweliff e/hi	tawelwn ni	tawelwch chi	tawelan nhw
conditional	tawelwn i, tawelswn i	tawelet ti, tawelset ti	tawelai fo/fe/hi, tawelsai fo/fe/hi	tawelen ni, tawelsen ni	tawelech chi, tawelsech chi	tawelen nhw, tawelsen nhw
preterite	tawelais i, taweles i	tawelaist ti, tawelest ti	tawelodd o/e/hi	tawelon ni	taweloch chi	tawelon nhw
imperative	—	tawela	—	—	tawelwch	—
Note: All other forms are periphrastic, as usual in colloquial Welsh.

Derived terms

• tawelydd (quietist, sedative, tranquilliser)

Mutation

Welsh mutation
radical	soft	nasal	aspirate
tawelu	dawelu	nhawelu	thawelu
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

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