pwyllgora
Appearance
Welsh
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From pwyllgor (“committee”) + -a.
Pronunciation
[edit]- (North Wales) IPA(key): /pʊɨ̯ɬˈɡɔra/, [pʰʊɨ̯ɬˈkɔra]
- (South Wales) IPA(key): /pʊi̯ɬˈɡoːra/, [pʰʊi̯ɬˈkoːra], /pʊi̯ɬˈɡɔra/, [pʰʊi̯ɬˈkɔra]
- Rhymes: -ɔra
Verb
[edit]pwyllgora (first-person singular present pwyllgoraf)
- (pejoritive) to frequent committees, to hold committees often
Conjugation
[edit]Conjugation (literary)
singular | plural | impersonal | ||||||
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first | second | third | first | second | third | |||
present indicative/future | pwyllgoraf | pwyllgori | pwyllgora | pwyllgorwn | pwyllgorwch | pwyllgorant | pwyllgorir | |
imperfect (indicative/subjunctive)/ conditional |
pwyllgorwn | pwyllgorit | pwyllgorai | pwyllgorem | pwyllgorech | pwyllgorent | pwyllgorid | |
preterite | pwyllgorais | pwyllgoraist | pwyllgorodd | pwyllgorasom | pwyllgorasoch | pwyllgorasant | pwyllgorwyd | |
pluperfect | pwyllgoraswn | pwyllgorasit | pwyllgorasai | pwyllgorasem | pwyllgorasech | pwyllgorasent | pwyllgorasid, pwyllgoresid | |
present subjunctive | pwyllgorwyf | pwyllgorych | pwyllgoro | pwyllgorom | pwyllgoroch | pwyllgoront | pwyllgorer | |
imperative | — | pwyllgora | pwyllgored | pwyllgorwn | pwyllgorwch | pwyllgorent | pwyllgorer | |
verbal noun | pwyllgora | |||||||
verbal adjectives | pwyllgoredig pwyllgoradwy |
Conjugation (colloquial)
Inflected colloquial forms | singular | plural | ||||
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first | second | third | first | second | third | |
future | pwyllgora i, pwyllgoraf i | pwyllgori di | pwyllgorith o/e/hi, pwyllgoriff e/hi | pwyllgorwn ni | pwyllgorwch chi | pwyllgoran nhw |
conditional | pwyllgorwn i, pwyllgorswn i | pwyllgoret ti, pwyllgorset ti | pwyllgorai fo/fe/hi, pwyllgorsai fo/fe/hi | pwyllgoren ni, pwyllgorsen ni | pwyllgorech chi, pwyllgorsech chi | pwyllgoren nhw, pwyllgorsen nhw |
preterite | pwyllgorais i, pwyllgores i | pwyllgoraist ti, pwyllgorest ti | pwyllgorodd o/e/hi | pwyllgoron ni | pwyllgoroch chi | pwyllgoron nhw |
imperative | — | pwyllgora | — | — | pwyllgorwch | — |
Note: All other forms are periphrastic, as usual in colloquial Welsh. |
Mutation
[edit]radical | soft | nasal | aspirate |
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pwyllgora | bwyllgora | mhwyllgora | phwyllgora |
Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Welsh.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.
Further reading
[edit]- R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke et al., editors (1950–present), “pwyllgora”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies