tawelu
Appearance
Welsh
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]- (North Wales) IPA(key): /tau̯ˈɛlɨ̞/
- (South Wales) IPA(key): /tau̯ˈeːli/, /tau̯ˈɛli/
Verb
[edit]tawelu (first-person singular present tawelaf)
Conjugation
[edit]Conjugation (literary)
singular | plural | impersonal | ||||||
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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 | ||||
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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 | — |
Note: All other forms are periphrastic, as usual in colloquial Welsh. |
Derived terms
[edit]- tawelydd (quietist, sedative, tranquilliser)
Mutation
[edit]radical | soft | nasal | aspirate |
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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
[edit]- 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