gweddïo

Welsh

Etymology

From Proto-Celtic *gʷedyeti (compare Old Irish guidid), from Proto-Indo-European *gʷʰédʰyeti (“to request, pray, ask for”).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ɡwɛˈðiː.ɔ/

Verb

gweddïo (first-person singular present gweddïaf)

  1. to pray
    Mae hi’n gweddïo yn y capel.
    She’s praying in the chapel

Conjugation
Conjugation (literary)
singular plural impersonal
first second third first second third
present indicative/future gweddïaf gweddii gweddïa gweddïwn gweddïwch gweddïant gweddiir
imperfect (indicative/subjunctive)/conditional gweddïwn gweddiit gweddïai gweddïem gweddïech gweddïent gweddiid
preterite gweddïais gweddïaist gweddïodd gweddïasom gweddïasoch gweddïasant gweddïwyd
pluperfect gweddïaswn gweddïasit gweddïasai gweddïasem gweddïasech gweddïasent gweddïasid, gweddïesid
present subjunctive gweddïwyf gweddïech gweddïo gweddïom gweddïoch gweddïont gweddïer
imperative — gweddïa gweddïed gweddïwn gweddïwch gweddïent gweddïer
verbal noun gweddïo
verbal adjectives gweddiedig
gweddiadwy
Conjugation (colloquial)
Inflected colloquial forms singular plural
first second third first second third
future gweddïa i, gweddïaf i gweddii di gweddiith o/e/hi, gweddiiff o/e/hi gweddïwn ni gweddïwch chi gweddïan nhw
conditional gweddïwn i, gweddiswn i gweddïet ti, gweddiset ti gweddïai fo/fe/hi, gweddisai fo/fe/hi gweddïen ni, gweddisen ni gweddïech chi, gweddisech chi gweddïen nhw, gweddisen nhw
preterite gweddïais i, gweddïes i gweddïaist ti, gweddïest ti gweddïodd o/e/hi gweddïon ni gweddïoch chi gweddïon nhw
imperative — gweddïa — — gweddïwch —
Note: All other forms are periphrastic, as usual in colloquial Welsh.

Derived terms

Mutation
Welsh mutation
radical soft nasal aspirate
gweddïo weddïo ngweddïo unchanged
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

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