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gwelet

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Breton

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Etymology

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From Middle Breton guelet, from Old Breton guilinn, from Proto-Brythonic *gwelɨd, from Proto-Celtic *weleti (to see, observe).[1] Cognate with Cornish gweles and Welsh gweld.

Verb

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gwelet

  1. (transitive) to see
  2. (intransitive, followed by war) to keep an eye on, watch

Inflection

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Mutation of gwelet
unmutated soft aspirate hard mixed
gwelet welet unchanged kwelet welet

Conjugation

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Conjugation of gwelet
singular plural impersonal
first second third first second third
indicative present gwelan gwelez gwel gwelomp gwelit gwelont gweler
preterite gwelis gweljout gwelas gweljomp gweljoc'h gweljont gweljod
imperfect gwelen gweles gwele gwelemp gwelec'h gwelent gweled
future gwelin gweli gwelo gwelimp gwelot gwelint gwelor
subjunctive present gwelfen gwelfes gwelfe gwelfemp gwelfec'h gwelfent gwelfed
imperfect gweljen gweljes gwelje gweljemp gweljec'h gweljent gweljed
imperative gwel gwelet gwelomp gwelit gwelent
non-finite forms present participle past participle
o welet gwelet (auxiliary verb: kaout)

Alternative forms

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Derived terms

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References

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  1. ^ Matasović, Ranko (2009) “wel-o”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 412

Welsh

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Alternative forms

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Pronunciation

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Verb

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gwelet

  1. second-person singular conditional colloquial of gweld