camarwain

Welsh

Etymology

cam- (“mis-”) +‎ arwain (“to guide”).

Pronunciation

• (North Wales, standard, colloquial) IPA^(key): /kaˈmarwai̯n/
  • (North Wales, colloquial) IPA^(key): /kaˈmarwɛn/
• (South Wales, standard) IPA^(key): /kaˈmarwai̯n/
  • (South Wales, colloquial) IPA^(key): /kaˈmarwɛn/

Verb

camarwain (first-person singular present camarweiniaf)

1. to mislead, to misguide, to misinform, to deceive

   Synonyms: camgyfarwyddo, camhysbysu, twyllo

Conjugation

Conjugation of camarwain (literary)

	singular			plural			impersonal
	first	second	third	first	second	third
present indicative/future	camarweiniaf	camarweini	camarwain	camarweiniwn	camarweiniwch	camarweiniant	camarweinir
imperfect (indicative/subjunctive)/conditional	camarweiniwn	camarweinit	camarweiniai	camarweiniem	camarweiniech	camarweinient	camarweinid
preterite	camarweiniais	camarweiniaist	camarweiniodd	camarweiniasom	camarweiniasoch	camarweiniasant	camarweiniwyd
pluperfect	camarweiniaswn	camarweiniasit	camarweiniasai	camarweiniasem	camarweiniasech	camarweiniasent	camarweiniasid, camarweiniesid
present subjunctive	camarweiniwyf	camarweiniech	camarweinio	camarweiniom	camarweinioch	camarweiniont	camarweinier
imperative	—	camarwain	camarweinied	camarweiniwn	camarweiniwch	camarweinient	camarweinier
verbal noun	camarwain
verbal adjectives	camarweiniedig camarweiniadwy

Conjugation of camarwain (colloquial)

inflected colloquial forms	singular			plural
	first	second	third	first	second	third
future	camarweinia i, camarweiniaf i	camarweini di	camarweinith o/e/hi, camarweiniff e/hi	camarweiniwn ni	camarweiniwch chi	camarweinian nhw
conditional	camarweiniwn i, camarweiniswn i	camarweiniet ti, camarweiniset ti	camarweiniai fo/fe/hi, camarweinisai fo/fe/hi	camarweinien ni, camarweinisen ni	camarweiniech chi, camarweinisech chi	camarweinien nhw, camarweinisen nhw
preterite	camarweiniais i, camarweinies i	camarweiniaist ti, camarweiniest ti	camarweiniodd o/e/hi	camarweinion ni	camarweinioch chi	camarweinion nhw
imperative	—	camarweinia	—	—	camarweiniwch	—

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

Mutation

Mutated forms of camarwain

radical	soft	nasal	aspirate
camarwain	gamarwain	nghamarwain	chamarwain

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