rhewi
Welsh
Etymology
Pronunciation
Verb
rhewi (first-person singular present rhewaf)
- to freeze
Conjugation
Conjugation (literary)
singular | plural | impersonal | ||||||
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first | second | third | first | second | third | |||
present indicative/future | rhewaf | rhewi | rhewa | rhewn | rhewch | rhewant | rhewir | |
imperfect (indicative/subjunctive)/conditional | rhewn | rhewit | rhewai | rhewem | rhewech | rhewent | rhewid | |
preterite | rhewais | rhewaist | rhewodd | rhewsom | rhewsoch | rhewsant | rhewyd | |
pluperfect | rhewswn | rhewsit | rhewsai | rhewsem | rhewsech | rhewsent | rhewsid | |
present subjunctive | rhewyf | rhewych | rhewo | rhewom | rhewoch | rhewont | rhewer | |
imperative | — | rhewa | rhewed | rhewn | rhewch | rhewent | rhewer | |
verbal noun | rhewi | |||||||
verbal adjectives | rhewedig rhewadwy |
Conjugation (colloquial)
Inflected colloquial forms | singular | plural | ||||
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first | second | third | first | second | third | |
future | rhewa i, rhewaf i | rhewi di | rhewith o/e/hi, rhewiff e/hi | rhewn ni | rhewch chi | rhewan nhw |
conditional | rhewn i, rhewswn i | rhewet ti, rhewset ti | rhewai fo/fe/hi, rhewsai fo/fe/hi | rhewen ni, rhewsen ni | rhewech chi, rhewsech chi | rhewen nhw, rhewsen nhw |
preterite | rhewais i, rhewes i | rhewaist ti, rhewest ti | rhewodd o/e/hi | rhewon ni | rhewoch chi | rhewon nhw |
imperative | — | rhewa | — | — | rhewch | — |
Note: All other forms are periphrastic, as usual in colloquial Welsh. |
Derived terms
- rhewi'n gorn (“to freeze solid”)
Mutation
Welsh mutation | |||
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radical | soft | nasal | aspirate |
rhewi | rewi | unchanged | unchanged |
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. |
Further reading
- R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke et al., editors (1950–present), “rhewaf”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies