newid

Welsh

Etymology

From an earlier nofut, from Proto-Brythonic *nomōtu-, from Proto-Celtic *nom-eu-tu-, from Proto-Indo-European *nem- (“to distribute, take”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈnɛu̯.ɪd/
• Rhymes: -ɛu̯ɪd

Verb

newid (not mutable, first-person singular present newidiaf)

1. (intransitive) to change, to become different
2. (transitive) to change, to alter
3. (transitive) to change, to exchange, to replace
4. (intransitive) to change, to transfer to another vehicle

Conjugation

Conjugation of newid (literary)

	singular			plural			impersonal
	first	second	third	first	second	third
present indicative/future	newidiaf	newidi	newidia	newidiwn	newidiwch	newidiant	newidir
imperfect (indicative/subjunctive)/conditional	newidiwn	newidit	newidiai	newidiem	newidiech	newidient	newidid
preterite	newidiais	newidiaist	newidiodd	newidiasom	newidiasoch	newidiasant	newidiwyd
pluperfect	newidiaswn	newidiasit	newidiasai	newidiasem	newidiasech	newidiasent	newidiasid, newidiesid
present subjunctive	newidiwyf	newidiech	newidio	newidiom	newidioch	newidiont	newidier
imperative	—	newid	newidied	newidiwn	newidiwch	newidient	newidier
verbal noun	newid
verbal adjectives	newidiedig newidiadwy

Conjugation of newid (colloquial)

inflected colloquial forms	singular			plural
	first	second	third	first	second	third
future	newidia i, newidiaf i	newidi di	newidith o/e/hi, newidiff e/hi	newidiwn ni	newidiwch chi	newidian nhw
conditional	newidiwn i, newidiswn i	newidiet ti, newidiset ti	newidiai fo/fe/hi, newidisai fo/fe/hi	newidien ni, newidisen ni	newidiech chi, newidisech chi	newidien nhw, newidisen nhw
preterite	newidiais i, newidies i	newidiaist ti, newidiest ti	newidiodd o/e/hi	newidion ni	newidioch chi	newidion nhw
imperative	—	newidia	—	—	newidiwch	—

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

Derived terms

• adnewid (“to modify”)
• amnewid (“to replace, to substitute”)
• cyfnewid (“to alter, to change; to exchange, to barter”)
• gweddnewid (“to transform, to transfigure”)
• newidiad (“change, instance of changing”)
• newidiol (“changeable, variable, fickle”)
• newidydd (“electrical transformer”)
• newidyn (“scientific variable”)
• trawsnewid (“to transmute, to convert”)

Noun

newid m (not mutable, plural newidiadau)

1. change, alteration
2. change (small denominations of money)
3. change, transfer (between vehicles)

References

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