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tawelu

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Welsh

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Etymology

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From tawel (quiet) +‎ -o.

Pronunciation

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Verb

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tawelu (first-person singular present tawelaf)

  1. to calm, to allay, to tranquillize
    Synonyms: distewi, gostegu, llonyddu

Conjugation

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Conjugation (literary)
singular plural impersonal
first second third first second third
present indicative/future tawelaf taweli tawela tawelwn tawelwch tawelant tawelir
imperfect (indicative/subjunctive)/
conditional
tawelwn tawelit tawelai tawelem tawelech tawelent tawelid
preterite tawelais tawelaist tawelodd tawelasom tawelasoch tawelasant tawelwyd
pluperfect tawelaswn tawelasit tawelasai tawelasem tawelasech tawelasent tawelasid, tawelesid
present subjunctive tawelwyf tawelych tawelo tawelom taweloch tawelont taweler
imperative tawela taweled tawelwn tawelwch tawelent taweler
verbal noun tawelu
verbal adjectives taweledig
taweladwy
Conjugation (colloquial)
inflected
colloquial forms
singular plural
first second third first second third
future tawela i,
tawelaf i
taweli di tawelith o/e/hi,
taweliff e/hi
tawelwn ni tawelwch chi tawelan nhw
conditional tawelwn i,
tawelswn i
tawelet ti,
tawelset ti
tawelai fo/fe/hi,
tawelsai fo/fe/hi
tawelen ni,
tawelsen ni
tawelech chi,
tawelsech chi
tawelen nhw,
tawelsen nhw
preterite tawelais i,
taweles i
tawelaist ti,
tawelest ti
tawelodd o/e/hi tawelon ni taweloch chi tawelon nhw
imperative tawela tawelwch

Derived terms

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  • tawelydd (quietist, sedative, tranquilliser)

Mutation

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Mutated forms of tawelu
radical soft nasal aspirate
tawelu dawelu nhawelu thawelu

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

Further reading

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