gwisgo

Welsh

Etymology

From gwisg +‎ -o.

Pronunciation

• (North Wales) IPA^(key): /ˈɡwɪsɡɔ/, [ˈɡwɪskɔ]
• (South Wales, standard, colloquial) IPA^(key): /ˈɡwɪsɡɔ/, [ˈɡwɪskɔ]
  • (South Wales, colloquial) IPA^(key): /ˈɡwɪʃɡɔ/, [ˈɡwɪʃkɔ]

Verb

gwisgo (first-person singular present gwisgaf)

1. to get dressed
2. to dress, to clothe
3. to wear, to don

   Mae hi'n gwisgo côt law.

   She is wearing a raincoat.

Conjugation

Conjugation (literary)

	singular			plural			impersonal
	first	second	third	first	second	third
present indicative/future	gwisgaf	gwisgi	gwisg, gwisga	gwisgwn	gwisgwch	gwisgant	gwisgir
imperfect (indicative/subjunctive)/ conditional	gwisgwn	gwisgit	gwisgai	gwisgem	gwisgech	gwisgent	gwisgid
preterite	gwisgais	gwisgaist	gwisgodd	gwisgasom	gwisgasoch	gwisgasant	gwisgwyd
pluperfect	gwisgaswn	gwisgasit	gwisgasai	gwisgasem	gwisgasech	gwisgasent	gwisgasid, gwisgesid
present subjunctive	gwisgwyf	gwisgych	gwisgo	gwisgom	gwisgoch	gwisgont	gwisger
imperative	—	gwisg, gwisga	gwisged	gwisgwn	gwisgwch	gwisgent	gwisger
verbal noun	gwisgo
verbal adjectives	gwisgedig gwisgadwy

Conjugation (colloquial)

Inflected colloquial forms	singular			plural
	first	second	third	first	second	third
future	gwisga i, gwisgaf i	gwisgi di	gwisgith o/e/hi, gwisgiff e/hi	gwisgwn ni	gwisgwch chi	gwisgan nhw
conditional	gwisgwn i, gwisgswn i	gwisget ti, gwisgset ti	gwisgai fo/fe/hi, gwisgsai fo/fe/hi	gwisgen ni, gwisgsen ni	gwisgech chi, gwisgsech chi	gwisgen nhw, gwisgsen nhw
preterite	gwisgais i, gwisges i	gwisgaist ti, gwisgest ti	gwisgodd o/e/hi	gwisgon ni	gwisgoch chi	gwisgon nhw
imperative	—	gwisga	—	—	gwisgwch	—
Note: All other forms are periphrastic, as usual in colloquial Welsh.

Derived terms

• gwisgiad (“clothing”)
• ystafell wisgo (“changing room”)
• trawswisgo (“transvestism”)

Mutation

Welsh mutation
radical	soft	nasal	aspirate
gwisgo	wisgo	ngwisgo	unchanged
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.