cwpla

Welsh

Etymology

From cwpláu (“to complete”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkʊpla/

Verb

cwpla (first-person singular present cwplâf)

1. (South Wales, colloquial) to finish, to end

   Synonyms: bennu, dibennu, gorffen, diweddu

   Antonyms: cychwyn, dechrau

Conjugation

Conjugation (literary)

	singular			plural			impersonal
	first	second	third	first	second	third
present indicative/future	cwplâf	cwplei	cwplâ	cwplawn	cwplewch	cwplânt	cwpleir
imperfect (indicative/subjunctive)/conditional	cwplawn	cwplait	cwplâi	cwplaem	cwplaech	cwplaent	cwpleid
preterite	cwpleais	cwpleaist	cwplaodd	cwplasom	cwplasoch	cwplasant	cwplawyd
pluperfect	cwplaswn	cwplasit	cwplasai	cwplasem	cwplasech	cwplasent	cwplasid, cwplesid
present subjunctive	cwplawyf	cwpleych	cwplao	cwplaom	cwplaoch	cwplaont	cwplaer
imperative	—	cwplâ	cwplaed	cwplawn	cwplewch	cwplaent	cwplaer
verbal noun	cwpla
verbal adjectives	—

Conjugation (colloquial)

Inflected colloquial forms	singular			plural
	first	second	third	first	second	third
future	cwpla i, cwplaf i	cwpli di	cwplith o/e/hi, cwpliff e/hi	cwplwn ni	cwplwch chi	cwplan nhw
conditional	cwplwn i, cwplswn i	cwplet ti, cwplset ti	cwplai fo/fe/hi, cwplsai fo/fe/hi	cwplen ni, cwplsen ni	cwplech chi, cwplsech chi	cwplen nhw, cwplsen nhw
preterite	cwplais i, cwples i	cwplaist ti, cwplest ti	cwplodd o/e/hi	cwplon ni	cwploch chi	cwplon nhw
imperative	—	cwpla	—	—	cwplwch	—
Note: All other forms are periphrastic, as usual in colloquial Welsh.

Mutation

Welsh mutation
radical	soft	nasal	aspirate
cwpla	gwpla	nghwpla	chwpla
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), “cwpla”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies