rhewi

Welsh

Etymology

rhew +‎ -i

Pronunciation

(North Wales) IPA^(key): /ˈr̥ɛu̯.ɪ/
(South Wales) IPA^(key): /ˈr̥ɛu̯.i/
Rhymes: -ɛu̯ɪ

Verb

rhewi (first-person singular present rhewaf)

to freeze

Usage notes

The verbnoun or dictionary form of a verb, such as this entry, is employed as a masculine singular noun in Welsh to express an uncountable verbal noun. The corresponding countable noun is usually derived morphologically from the related verb.

Conjugation

Conjugation (literary)

	singular			plural			impersonal
	first	second	third	first	second	third	impersonal
present indicative/future	rhewaf	rhewi	rhewa	rhewn	rhewch	rhewant	rhewir
imperfect (indicative/subjunctive)/conditional	rhewn	rhewit	rhewai	rhewem	rhewech	rhewent	rhewid
preterite	rhewais	rhewaist	rhewodd	rhewsom	rhewsoch	rhewsant	rhewyd
pluperfect	rhewswn	rhewsit	rhewsai	rhewsem	rhewsech	rhewsent	rhewsid
present subjunctive	rhewyf	rhewych	rhewo	rhewom	rhewoch	rhewont	rhewer
imperative	—	rhewa	rhewed	rhewn	rhewch	rhewent	rhewer
verbal noun	rhewi
verbal adjectives	rhewedig rhewadwy

Conjugation (colloquial)
inflected colloquial forms	singular			plural
inflected colloquial forms	first	second	third	first	second	third
future	rhewa i, rhewaf i	rhewi di	rhewith o/e/hi, rhewiff e/hi	rhewn ni	rhewch chi	rhewan nhw
conditional	rhewn i, rhewswn i	rhewet ti, rhewset ti	rhewai fo/fe/hi, rhewsai fo/fe/hi	rhewen ni, rhewsen ni	rhewech chi, rhewsech chi	rhewen nhw, rhewsen nhw
preterite	rhewais i, rhewes i	rhewaist ti, rhewest ti	rhewodd o/e/hi	rhewon ni	rhewoch chi	rhewon nhw
imperative	—	rhewa	—	—	rhewch	—

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

Derived terms

gwrthrewydd (“antifreeze”)
rhewadur (“refrigerator”)
rhewedig (“frozen”)
rhewi drosodd (“to freeze over”)
(phase change) rhewiad (“freezing”)
rhewi'n gorn (“to freeze solid”)
rhewydd (“refrigerant”)

Mutation

Mutated forms of *rhewi*
radical	soft	nasal	aspirate
rhewi	rewi	unchanged	unchanged

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