chwilio

Welsh

Etymology

chwŷl (“turn, revolution”, with i-mutation) +‎ -io

Pronunciation

• (North Wales) IPA^(key): /ˈχwɪljɔ/
• (South Wales, standard, colloquial) IPA^(key): /ˈχwɪljɔ/
  • (South Wales, colloquial) IPA^(key): /ˈʍɪljɔ/, /ˈwɪljɔ/, /ˈʍɪlɔ/, /ˈwɪlɔ/
• Rhymes: -ɪljɔ

Verb

chwilio (first-person singular present chwiliaf, not mutable)

1. to search, look for (+ am (“for”))
2. to examine
3. (computing) to find

Conjugation

Conjugation (literary)

	singular			plural			impersonal
	first	second	third	first	second	third
present indicative/future	chwiliaf	chwili	chwilia	chwiliwn	chwiliwch	chwiliant	chwilir
imperfect (indicative/subjunctive)/conditional	chwiliwn	chwilit	chwiliai	chwiliem	chwiliech	chwilient	chwilid
preterite	chwiliais	chwiliaist	chwiliodd	chwiliasom	chwiliasoch	chwiliasant	chwiliwyd
pluperfect	chwiliaswn	chwiliasit	chwiliasai	chwiliasem	chwiliasech	chwiliasent	chwiliasid, chwiliesid
present subjunctive	chwiliwyf	chwiliech	chwilio	chwiliom	chwilioch	chwiliont	chwilier
imperative	—	chwilia	chwilied	chwiliwn	chwiliwch	chwilient	chwilier
verbal noun	chwilio
verbal adjectives	chwiliedig chwiliadwy

Conjugation (colloquial)

Inflected colloquial forms	singular			plural
	first	second	third	first	second	third
future	chwilia i, chwiliaf i	chwili di	chwilith o/e/hi, chwiliff e/hi	chwiliwn ni	chwiliwch chi	chwilian nhw
conditional	chwiliwn i, chwiliswn i	chwiliet ti, chwiliset ti	chwiliai fo/fe/hi, chwilisai fo/fe/hi	chwilien ni, chwilisen ni	chwiliech chi, chwilisech chi	chwilien nhw, chwilisen nhw
preterite	chwiliais i, chwilies i	chwiliaist ti, chwiliest ti	chwiliodd o/e/hi	chwilion ni	chwilioch chi	chwilion nhw
imperative	—	chwilia	—	—	chwiliwch	—
Note: All other forms are periphrastic, as usual in colloquial Welsh.

Derived terms

• chwilfrydig (“curious, inquisitive”)
• chwiliadur (“search engine”)
• chwiliwr (“investigator”)
• chwiliedydd (“probe”)
• chwilys (“inquisition”)
• chwilyswr (“inquisitor”)

Further reading

• Delyth Prys; J.P.M. Jones; Owain Davies; Gruffudd Prys (2006) Y Termiadur: termau wedi'u safoni; standardised terminology‎^[1] (in Welsh), Cardiff: Awdurdod cymwysterau, cwricwlwm ac asesu Cymru (Qualifications curriculum & assessment authority for Wales), →ISBN, page 131