gorchuddio

Welsh

Etymology

From gorchudd +‎ -io or from gor- +‎ cuddio.

Pronunciation

• (North Wales) IPA^(key): /ɡɔrˈχɨ̞ðjɔ/
• (South Wales) IPA^(key): /ɡɔrˈχɪðjɔ/

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Verb

gorchuddio (first-person singular present gorchuddiaf)

1. (transitive) to cover

Conjugation

Conjugation (literary)

	singular			plural			impersonal
	first	second	third	first	second	third
present indicative/future	gorchuddiaf	gorchuddi	gorchuddia	gorchuddiwn	gorchuddiwch	gorchuddiant	gorchuddir
imperfect (indicative/subjunctive)/conditional	gorchuddiwn	gorchuddit	gorchuddiai	gorchuddiem	gorchuddiech	gorchuddient	gorchuddid
preterite	gorchuddiais	gorchuddiaist	gorchuddiodd	gorchuddiasom	gorchuddiasoch	gorchuddiasant	gorchuddiwyd
pluperfect	gorchuddiaswn	gorchuddiasit	gorchuddiasai	gorchuddiasem	gorchuddiasech	gorchuddiasent	gorchuddiasid, gorchuddiesid
present subjunctive	gorchuddiwyf	gorchuddiech	gorchuddio	gorchuddiom	gorchuddioch	gorchuddiont	gorchuddier
imperative	—	gorchuddia	gorchuddied	gorchuddiwn	gorchuddiwch	gorchuddient	gorchuddier
verbal noun	gorchuddio
verbal adjectives	gorchuddiedig gorchuddiadwy

Conjugation (colloquial)

inflected colloquial forms	singular			plural
	first	second	third	first	second	third
future	gorchuddia i, gorchuddiaf i	gorchuddi di	gorchuddith o/e/hi, gorchuddiff e/hi	gorchuddiwn ni	gorchuddiwch chi	gorchuddian nhw
conditional	gorchuddiwn i, gorchuddswn i	gorchuddiet ti, gorchuddset ti	gorchuddiai fo/fe/hi, gorchuddsai fo/fe/hi	gorchuddien ni, gorchuddsen ni	gorchuddiech chi, gorchuddsech chi	gorchuddien nhw, gorchuddsen nhw
preterite	gorchuddiais i, gorchuddies i	gorchuddiaist ti, gorchuddiest ti	gorchuddiodd o/e/hi	gorchuddion ni	gorchuddioch chi	gorchuddion nhw
imperative	—	gorchuddia	—	—	gorchuddiwch	—

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

Derived terms

• dadorchuddio (“uncover”, verb)
• gorchuddiol (“covering”, adjective)

Related terms

• gorchudd m (“covering”)
• cuddio (“hide”, verb)

Mutation

Mutated forms of gorchuddio

radical	soft	nasal	aspirate
gorchuddio	orchuddio	ngorchuddio	unchanged

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

Further reading

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