cywiro

Welsh

Etymology

From cywir (“correct”) +‎ -o.

Pronunciation

• (North Wales) IPA^(key): /kəu̯ˈɪrɔ/
• (South Wales) IPA^(key): /kəu̯ˈiːrɔ/, /kəu̯ˈɪrɔ/

Verb

cywiro (first-person singular present cywiraf)

1. to correct, to rectify

Conjugation

Conjugation (literary)

	singular			plural			impersonal
	first	second	third	first	second	third
present indicative/future	cywiraf	cywiri	cywira	cywirwn	cywirwch	cywirant	cywirir
imperfect (indicative/subjunctive)/ conditional	cywirwn	cywirit	cywirai	cywirem	cywirech	cywirent	cywirid
preterite	cywirais	cywiraist	cywirodd	cywirasom	cywirasoch	cywirasant	cywirwyd
pluperfect	cywiraswn	cywirasit	cywirasai	cywirasem	cywirasech	cywirasent	cywirasid, cywiresid
present subjunctive	cywirwyf	cywirych	cywiro	cywirom	cywiroch	cywiront	cywirer
imperative	—	cywira	cywired	cywirwn	cywirwch	cywirent	cywirer
verbal noun	cywiro
verbal adjectives	cywiredig cywiradwy

Conjugation (colloquial)

Inflected colloquial forms	singular			plural
	first	second	third	first	second	third
future	cywira i, cywiraf i	cywiri di	cywirith o/e/hi, cywiriff e/hi	cywirwn ni	cywirwch chi	cywiran nhw
conditional	cywirwn i, cywirswn i	cywiret ti, cywirset ti	cywirai fo/fe/hi, cywirsai fo/fe/hi	cywiren ni, cywirsen ni	cywirech chi, cywirsech chi	cywiren nhw, cywirsen nhw
preterite	cywirais i, cywires i	cywiraist ti, cywirest ti	cywirodd o/e/hi	cywiron ni	cywiroch chi	cywiron nhw
imperative	—	cywira	—	—	cywirwch	—
Note: All other forms are periphrastic, as usual in colloquial Welsh.

Mutation

Mutated forms of cywiro

radical	soft	nasal	aspirate
cywiro	gywiro	nghywiro	chywiro

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

Further reading

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