gweddïo

Welsh

Etymology

From Proto-Celtic *gʷedyeti (compare Old Irish guidid), from Proto-Indo-European *gʷʰédʰyeti (“to request, pray, ask for”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɡwɛˈðiː.ɔ/

Verb

gweddïo (first-person singular present gweddïaf)

1. to pray

   Mae hi’n gweddïo yn y capel.

   She’s praying in the chapel

Conjugation

Conjugation (literary)

	singular			plural			impersonal
	first	second	third	first	second	third
present indicative/future	gweddïaf	gweddïi	gweddïa	gweddïwn	gweddïwch	gweddïant	gweddïir
imperfect (indicative/subjunctive)/conditional	gweddïwn	gweddïit	gweddïai	gweddïem	gweddïech	gweddïent	gweddïid
preterite	gweddïais	gweddïaist	gweddïodd	gweddïasom	gweddïasoch	gweddïasant	gweddïwyd
pluperfect	gweddïaswn	gweddïasit	gweddïasai	gweddïasem	gweddïasech	gweddïasent	gweddïasid, gweddïesid
present subjunctive	gweddïwyf	gweddïech	gweddïo	gweddïom	gweddïoch	gweddïont	gweddïer
imperative	—	gweddïa	gweddïed	gweddïwn	gweddïwch	gweddïent	gweddïer
verbal noun	gweddïo
verbal adjectives	gweddiedig gweddiadwy

Conjugation (colloquial)

inflected colloquial forms	singular			plural
	first	second	third	first	second	third
future	gweddïa i, gweddïaf i	gweddii di	gweddiith o/e/hi, gweddiiff o/e/hi	gweddïwn ni	gweddïwch chi	gweddïan nhw
conditional	gweddïwn i, gweddiswn i	gweddïet ti, gweddiset ti	gweddïai fo/fe/hi, gweddisai fo/fe/hi	gweddïen ni, gweddisen ni	gweddïech chi, gweddisech chi	gweddïen nhw, gweddisen nhw
preterite	gweddïais i, gweddïes i	gweddïaist ti, gweddïest ti	gweddïodd o/e/hi	gweddïon ni	gweddïoch chi	gweddïon nhw
imperative	—	gweddïa	—	—	gweddïwch	—

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

Derived terms

• gweddïwr (“suppliant”)

Related terms

• gweddi

Mutation

Mutated forms of gweddïo

radical	soft	nasal	aspirate
gweddïo	weddïo	ngweddïo	unchanged

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), “gweddïo”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies