chwilio
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Welsh
Etymology
chwŷl (“turn, revolution”, with i-mutation) + -io
Pronunciation
- (North Wales) IPA(key): /ˈχwɪljɔ/
- (South Wales, standard, colloquial) IPA(key): /ˈχwɪljɔ/
- (South Wales, colloquial) IPA(key): /ˈʍɪljɔ/, /ˈwɪljɔ/, /ˈʍɪlɔ/, /ˈwɪlɔ/
- Rhymes: -ɪljɔ
Verb
chwilio (first-person singular present chwiliaf, not mutable)
Conjugation
Conjugation (literary)
singular | plural | impersonal | ||||||
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first | second | third | first | second | third | |||
present indicative/future | chwiliaf | chwili | chwilia | chwiliwn | chwiliwch | chwiliant | chwilir | |
imperfect (indicative/subjunctive)/conditional | chwiliwn | chwilit | chwiliai | chwiliem | chwiliech | chwilient | chwilid | |
preterite | chwiliais | chwiliaist | chwiliodd | chwiliasom | chwiliasoch | chwiliasant | chwiliwyd | |
pluperfect | chwiliaswn | chwiliasit | chwiliasai | chwiliasem | chwiliasech | chwiliasent | chwiliasid, chwiliesid | |
present subjunctive | chwiliwyf | chwiliech | chwilio | chwiliom | chwilioch | chwiliont | chwilier | |
imperative | — | chwilia | chwilied | chwiliwn | chwiliwch | chwilient | chwilier | |
verbal noun | chwilio | |||||||
verbal adjectives | chwiliedig chwiliadwy |
Conjugation (colloquial)
Inflected colloquial forms | singular | plural | ||||
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first | second | third | first | second | third | |
future | chwilia i, chwiliaf i | chwili di | chwilith o/e/hi, chwiliff e/hi | chwiliwn ni | chwiliwch chi | chwilian nhw |
conditional | chwiliwn i, chwiliswn i | chwiliet ti, chwiliset ti | chwiliai fo/fe/hi, chwilisai fo/fe/hi | chwilien ni, chwilisen ni | chwiliech chi, chwilisech chi | chwilien nhw, chwilisen nhw |
preterite | chwiliais i, chwilies i | chwiliaist ti, chwiliest ti | chwiliodd o/e/hi | chwilion ni | chwilioch chi | chwilion nhw |
imperative | — | chwilia | — | — | chwiliwch | — |
Note: All other forms are periphrastic, as usual in colloquial Welsh. |
Derived terms
- chwilfrydig (“curious, inquisitive”)
- chwiliadur (“search engine”)
- chwiliwr (“investigator”)
- chwiliedydd (“probe”)
- chwilys (“inquisition”)
- chwilyswr (“inquisitor”)