archwilio
Welsh
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From ar- + chwilio (“to search”).
Pronunciation
[edit]Verb
[edit]archwilio (first-person singular present archwiliaf)
- (transitive) to examine, to explore, to inspect, to investigate
Conjugation
[edit]Conjugation (literary)
| singular | plural | impersonal | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| first | second | third | first | second | third | |||
| present indicative/future | archwiliaf | archwili | archwili, archwilia | archwiliwn | archwiliwch | archwiliant | archwilir | |
| imperfect (indicative/subjunctive)/conditional | archwiliwn | archwilit | archwiliai | archwiliem | archwiliech | archwilient | archwilid | |
| preterite | archwiliais | archwiliaist | archwiliodd | archwiliasom | archwiliasoch | archwiliasant | archwiliwyd | |
| pluperfect | archwiliaswn | archwiliasit | archwiliasai | archwiliasem | archwiliasech | archwiliasent | archwiliasid, archwiliesid | |
| present subjunctive | archwiliwyf | archwiliech | archwilio | archwiliom | archwilioch | archwiliont | archwilier | |
| imperative | — | archwili, archwilia | archwilied | archwiliwn | archwiliwch | archwilient | archwilier | |
| verbal noun | archwilio | |||||||
| verbal adjectives | archwiliedig archwiliadwy | |||||||
Conjugation (colloquial)
| Inflected colloquial forms | singular | plural | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| first | second | third | first | second | third | |
| future | archwilia i, archwiliaf i | archwili di | archwilith o/e/hi, archwiliff e/hi | archwiliwn ni | archwiliwch chi | archwilian nhw |
| conditional | archwiliwn i, archwiliswn i | archwiliet ti, archwiliset ti | archwiliai fo/fe/hi, archwilisai fo/fe/hi | archwilien ni, archwilisen ni | archwiliech chi, archwilisech chi | archwilien nhw, archwilisen nhw |
| preterite | archwiliais i, archwilies i | archwiliaist ti, archwiliest ti | archwiliodd o/e/hi | archwilion ni | archwilioch chi | archwilion nhw |
| imperative | — | archwilia | — | — | archwiliwch | — |
| Note: All other forms are periphrastic, as usual in colloquial Welsh. | ||||||
Derived terms
[edit]- archwiliad (“audit, investigation, scrutiny, (medical) checkup”)
- archwiliwr (“auditor, inspector”)
Mutation
[edit]| radical | soft | nasal | h-prothesis |
|---|---|---|---|
| archwilio | unchanged | unchanged | harchwilio |
Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Welsh.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.
Further reading
[edit]- R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke et al., editors (1950–present), “archwilio”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies