mwyara

Welsh

Etymology

From mwyar (“blackberries”) +‎ -a.

Pronunciation

• (North Wales) IPA^(key): /mʊɨ̯ˈara/
• (South Wales) IPA^(key): /mʊi̯ˈa(ː)ra/
• Rhymes: -ara

Verb

mwyara (first-person singular present mwyaraf)

1. to gather blackberries, to go blackberrying
2. (figurative) to be idle

Conjugation

Conjugation (literary)

	singular			plural			impersonal
	first	second	third	first	second	third
present indicative/future	mwyaraf	mwyeri	mwyara	mwyarwn	mwyerwch, mwyarwch	mwyarant	mwyerir
imperfect (indicative/subjunctive)/ conditional	mwyarwn	mwyarit	mwyarai	mwyarem	mwyarech	mwyarent	mwyerid
preterite	mwyerais	mwyeraist	mwyarodd	mwyarasom	mwyarasoch	mwyarasant	mwyarwyd
pluperfect	mwyaraswn	mwyarasit	mwyarasai	mwyarasem	mwyarasech	mwyarasent	mwyarasid, mwyaresid
present subjunctive	mwyarwyf	mwyerych	mwyaro	mwyarom	mwyaroch	mwyaront	mwyarer
imperative	—	mwyara	mwyared	mwyarwn	mwyerwch, mwyarwch	mwyarent	mwyarer
verbal noun	mwyara
verbal adjectives	mwyaredig mwyaradwy

Conjugation (colloquial)

Inflected colloquial forms	singular			plural
	first	second	third	first	second	third
future	mwyara i, mwyaraf i	mwyari di	mwyarith o/e/hi, mwyariff e/hi	mwyarwn ni	mwyarwch chi	mwyaran nhw
conditional	mwyarwn i, mwyarswn i	mwyaret ti, mwyarset ti	mwyarai fo/fe/hi, mwyarsai fo/fe/hi	mwyaren ni, mwyarsen ni	mwyarech chi, mwyarsech chi	mwyaren nhw, mwyarsen nhw
preterite	mwyarais i, mwyares i	mwyaraist ti, mwyarest ti	mwyarodd o/e/hi	mwyaron ni	mwyaroch chi	mwyaron nhw
imperative	—	mwyara	—	—	mwyarwch	—
Note: All other forms are periphrastic, as usual in colloquial Welsh.

Mutation

Welsh mutation
radical	soft	nasal	aspirate
mwyara	fwyara	unchanged	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), “mwyara”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies