gwyntio

Welsh

Alternative forms

• gwynto

Etymology

gwynt (“wind; breath”) +‎ -io

Verb

gwyntio (first-person singular present gwyntioaf)

1. (intransitive) to blow, to blast
2. (South Wales, intransitive) to sniff, to snort

   Synonyms: synhwyro, ffroeni

3. (intransitive) to fart, to break wind
4. (transitive) to smell, to scent
5. (transitive) to air, to ventilate

Conjugation

Conjugation (literary)

	singular			plural			impersonal
	first	second	third	first	second	third
present indicative/future	gwyntiaf	gwynti	gwyntia	gwyntiwn	gwyntiwch	gwyntiant	gwyntir
imperfect (indicative/subjunctive)/conditional	gwyntiwn	gwyntit	gwyntiai	gwyntiem	gwyntiech	gwyntient	gwyntid
preterite	gwyntiais	gwyntiaist	gwyntiodd	gwyntiasom	gwyntiasoch	gwyntiasant	gwyntiwyd
pluperfect	gwyntiaswn	gwyntiasit	gwyntiasai	gwyntiasem	gwyntiasech	gwyntiasent	gwyntiasid, gwyntiesid
present subjunctive	gwyntiwyf	gwyntiech	gwyntio	gwyntiom	gwyntioch	gwyntiont	gwyntier
imperative	—	gwyntia	gwyntied	gwyntiwn	gwyntiwch	gwyntient	gwyntier
verbal noun	gwyntio
verbal adjectives	gwyntiedig gwyntiadwy

Conjugation (colloquial)

inflected colloquial forms	singular			plural
	first	second	third	first	second	third
future	gwyntia i, gwyntiaf i	gwynti di	gwyntith o/e/hi, gwyntiff e/hi	gwyntiwn ni	gwyntiwch chi	gwyntian nhw
conditional	gwyntiwn i, gwyntswn i	gwyntiet ti, gwyntset ti	gwyntiai fo/fe/hi, gwyntsai fo/fe/hi	gwyntien ni, gwyntsen ni	gwyntiech chi, gwyntsech chi	gwyntien nhw, gwyntsen nhw
preterite	gwyntiais i, gwynties i	gwyntiaist ti, gwyntiest ti	gwyntiodd o/e/hi	gwyntion ni	gwyntioch chi	gwyntion nhw
imperative	—	gwyntia	—	—	gwyntiwch	—

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

Derived terms

• gwyntiad m (“blowing”)

Further reading

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