gwirfoddoli

Welsh

Etymology

From gwirfoddol (“voluntary”) +‎ -i.

Verb

gwirfoddoli (first-person singular present gwirfoddolaf)

1. to volunteer

Conjugation

Conjugation (literary)

	singular			plural			impersonal
	first	second	third	first	second	third
present indicative/future	gwirfoddolaf	gwirfoddoli	gwirfoddola	gwirfoddolwn	gwirfoddolwch	gwirfoddolant	gwirfoddolir
imperfect (indicative/subjunctive)/ conditional	gwirfoddolwn	gwirfoddolit	gwirfoddolai	gwirfoddolem	gwirfoddolech	gwirfoddolent	gwirfoddolid
preterite	gwirfoddolais	gwirfoddolaist	gwirfoddolodd	gwirfoddolasom	gwirfoddolasoch	gwirfoddolasant	gwirfoddolwyd
pluperfect	gwirfoddolaswn	gwirfoddolasit	gwirfoddolasai	gwirfoddolasem	gwirfoddolasech	gwirfoddolasent	gwirfoddolasid, gwirfoddolesid
present subjunctive	gwirfoddolwyf	gwirfoddolych	gwirfoddolo	gwirfoddolom	gwirfoddoloch	gwirfoddolont	gwirfoddoler
imperative	—	gwirfoddola	gwirfoddoled	gwirfoddolwn	gwirfoddolwch	gwirfoddolent	gwirfoddoler
verbal noun	gwirfoddoli
verbal adjectives	gwirfoddoledig gwirfoddoladwy

Conjugation (colloquial)

inflected colloquial forms	singular			plural
	first	second	third	first	second	third
future	gwirfoddola i, gwirfoddolaf i	gwirfoddoli di	gwirfoddolith o/e/hi, gwirfoddoliff e/hi	gwirfoddolwn ni	gwirfoddolwch chi	gwirfoddolan nhw
conditional	gwirfoddolwn i, gwirfoddolswn i	gwirfoddolet ti, gwirfoddolset ti	gwirfoddolai fo/fe/hi, gwirfoddolsai fo/fe/hi	gwirfoddolen ni, gwirfoddolsen ni	gwirfoddolech chi, gwirfoddolsech chi	gwirfoddolen nhw, gwirfoddolsen nhw
preterite	gwirfoddolais i, gwirfoddoles i	gwirfoddolaist ti, gwirfoddolest ti	gwirfoddolodd o/e/hi	gwirfoddolon ni	gwirfoddoloch chi	gwirfoddolon nhw
imperative	—	gwirfoddola	—	—	gwirfoddolwch	—

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

Derived terms

• gwirfoddolwr (“volunteer”)

Mutation

Mutated forms of gwirfoddoli

radical	soft	nasal	aspirate
gwirfoddoli	wirfoddoli	ngwirfoddoli	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), “gwirfoddoli”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies