berwi

Welsh

Etymology

From berw (“boiling”) +‎ -i.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈbɛrwi/

Verb

berwi (first-person singular present berwaf)

1. to boil

Conjugation

Conjugation of berwi (literary)

	singular			plural			impersonal
	first	second	third	first	second	third
present indicative/future	berwaf	berwi	berwa	berwn	berwch	berwant	berwir
imperfect (indicative/subjunctive)/conditional	berwn	berwit	berwai	berwem	berwech	berwent	berwid
preterite	berwais	berwaist	berwodd	berwsom	berwsoch	berwsant	berwyd
pluperfect	berwswn	berwsit	berwsai	berwsem	berwsech	berwsent	berwsid
present subjunctive	berwyf	berwych	berwo	berwom	berwoch	berwont	berwer
imperative	—	berwa	berwed	berwn	berwch	berwent	berwer
verbal noun	berwi
verbal adjectives	berwedig berwadwy

Conjugation of berwi (colloquial)

inflected colloquial forms	singular			plural
	first	second	third	first	second	third
future	berwa i, berwaf i	berwi di	berwith o/e/hi, berwiff e/hi	berwn ni	berwch chi	berwan nhw
conditional	berwn i, berwswn i	berwet ti, berwset ti	berwai fo/fe/hi, berwsai fo/fe/hi	berwen ni, berwsen ni	berwech chi, berwsech chi	berwen nhw, berwsen nhw
preterite	berwais i, berwes i	berwaist ti, berwest ti	berwodd o/e/hi	berwon ni	berwoch chi	berwon nhw
imperative	—	berwa	—	—	berwch	—

Note: All other forms are periphrastic, as usual in colloquial Welsh.

Derived terms

• crychferwi (“to seethe”)
• eferwi (“to effervesce”)
• gorferwi (“to parboil”)
• mudferwi, lled-ferwi (“to simmer”)

Mutation

Mutated forms of berwi

radical	soft	nasal	aspirate
berwi	ferwi	merwi	unchanged

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Welsh.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

Further reading

• D. G. Lewis, N. Lewis, editors (2005–present), “berwi”, in Gweiadur: the Welsh–English Dictionary, Gwerin
• R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke, et al., editors (1950–present), “berwi”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies