sylwi

Welsh

Etymology

From sylw +‎ -i.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈsəlwi/

Verb

sylwi (first-person singular present sylwaf, not mutable)

1. (ambitransitive) to observe, to notice

Conjugation

Conjugation (literary)

	singular			plural			impersonal
	first	second	third	first	second	third
present indicative/future	sylwaf	sylwi	sylwa	sylwn	sylwch	sylwant	sylwir
imperfect (indicative/subjunctive)/conditional	sylwn	sylwit	sylwai	sylwem	sylwech	sylwent	sylwid
preterite	sylwais	sylwaist	sylwodd	sylwsom	sylwsoch	sylwsant	sylwyd
pluperfect	sylwswn	sylwsit	sylwsai	sylwsem	sylwsech	sylwsent	sylwsid
present subjunctive	sylwyf	sylwych	sylwo	sylwom	sylwoch	sylwont	sylwer
imperative	—	sylwa	sylwed	sylwn	sylwch	sylwent	sylwer
verbal noun	sylwi
verbal adjectives	sylwedig sylwadwy

Conjugation (colloquial)

inflected colloquial forms	singular			plural
	first	second	third	first	second	third
future	sylwa i, sylwaf i	sylwi di	sylwith o/e/hi, sylwiff e/hi	sylwn ni	sylwch chi	sylwan nhw
conditional	sylwn i, sylwswn i	sylwet ti, sylwset ti	sylwai fo/fe/hi, sylwsai fo/fe/hi	sylwen ni, sylwsen ni	sylwech chi, sylwsech chi	sylwen nhw, sylwsen nhw
preterite	sylwais i, sylwes i	sylwaist ti, sylwest ti	sylwodd o/e/hi	sylwon ni	sylwoch chi	sylwon nhw
imperative	—	sylwa	—	—	sylwch	—

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

Derived terms

• sylwad (“observation”)

Further reading

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