gorffwys
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Welsh[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Variant of gorffowys, from gor- + powys (“rest”), cognate with Breton paouez (“stop”), perhaps ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *kʷyeh₁- (“rest”) (whence Latin quiēs (“rest”)).[1]
Verb[edit]
gorffwys (first-person singular present gorffwysaf)
- (intransitive) to rest, to repose
Conjugation[edit]
Conjugation (literary)
| singular | plural | impersonal | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| first | second | third | first | second | third | |||
| present indicative/future | gorffwysaf | gorffwysi | gorffwysa | gorffwyswn | gorffwyswch | gorffwysant | gorffwysir | |
| imperfect (indicative/subjunctive)/ conditional |
gorffwyswn | gorffwysit | gorffwysai | gorffwysem | gorffwysech | gorffwysent | gorffwysid | |
| preterite | gorffwysais | gorffwysaist | gorffwysodd | gorffwysasom | gorffwysasoch | gorffwysasant | gorffwyswyd | |
| pluperfect | gorffwysaswn | gorffwysasit | gorffwysasai | gorffwysasem | gorffwysasech | gorffwysasent | gorffwysasid, gorffwysesid | |
| present subjunctive | gorffwyswyf | gorffwysych | gorffwyso | gorffwysom | gorffwysoch | gorffwysont | gorffwyser | |
| imperative | — | gorffwysa | gorffwysed | gorffwyswn | gorffwyswch | gorffwysent | gorffwyser | |
| verbal noun | gorffwys | |||||||
| verbal adjectives | gorffwysedig gorffwysadwy | |||||||
Conjugation (colloquial)
| Inflected colloquial forms | singular | plural | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| first | second | third | first | second | third | |
| future | gorffwysa i, gorffwysaf i | gorffwysi di | gorffwysith o/e/hi, gorffwysiff e/hi | gorffwyswn ni | gorffwyswch chi | gorffwysan nhw |
| conditional | gorffwyswn i, gorffwysswn i | gorffwyset ti, gorffwysset ti | gorffwysai fo/fe/hi, gorffwyssai fo/fe/hi | gorffwysen ni, gorffwyssen ni | gorffwysech chi, gorffwyssech chi | gorffwysen nhw, gorffwyssen nhw |
| preterite | gorffwysais i, gorffwyses i | gorffwysaist ti, gorffwysest ti | gorffwysodd o/e/hi | gorffwyson ni | gorffwysoch chi | gorffwyson nhw |
| imperative | — | gorffwysa | — | — | gorffwyswch | — |
| Note: All other forms are periphrastic, as usual in colloquial Welsh. | ||||||
Derived terms[edit]
- gorffwysfa (“resting place”)
Noun[edit]
gorffwys m (plural gorffwysion)
Mutation[edit]
| Welsh mutation | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| radical | soft | nasal | aspirate |
| gorffwys | orffwys | ngorffwys | unchanged |
| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. | |||