gorffwys

Welsh

Etymology

Variant of gorffowys, from gor- +‎ powys (“rest”), cognate with Breton paouez (“stop”), perhaps ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *kʷyeh₁- (“rest”) (whence Latin quiēs (“rest”)).[1]

Verb

gorffwys (first-person singular present gorffwysaf)

  1. (intransitive) to rest, to repose

Conjugation

Conjugation (literary)
singular plural impersonal
first second third first second third
present indicative/future gorffwysaf gorffwysi gorffwysa gorffwyswn gorffwyswch gorffwysant gorffwysir
imperfect (indicative/subjunctive)/
conditional 		gorffwyswn gorffwysit gorffwysai gorffwysem gorffwysech gorffwysent gorffwysid
preterite gorffwysais gorffwysaist gorffwysodd gorffwysasom gorffwysasoch gorffwysasant gorffwyswyd
pluperfect gorffwysaswn gorffwysasit gorffwysasai gorffwysasem gorffwysasech gorffwysasent gorffwysasid, gorffwysesid
present subjunctive gorffwyswyf gorffwysych gorffwyso gorffwysom gorffwysoch gorffwysont gorffwyser
imperative — gorffwysa gorffwysed gorffwyswn gorffwyswch gorffwysent gorffwyser
verbal noun gorffwys
verbal adjectives gorffwysedig
gorffwysadwy
Conjugation (colloquial)
inflected
colloquial forms 		singular plural
first second third first second third
future gorffwysa i,
gorffwysaf i 		gorffwysi di gorffwysith o/e/hi,
gorffwysiff e/hi 		gorffwyswn ni gorffwyswch chi gorffwysan nhw
conditional gorffwyswn i,
gorffwysswn i 		gorffwyset ti,
gorffwysset ti 		gorffwysai fo/fe/hi,
gorffwyssai fo/fe/hi 		gorffwysen ni,
gorffwyssen ni 		gorffwysech chi,
gorffwyssech chi 		gorffwysen nhw,
gorffwyssen nhw
preterite gorffwysais i,
gorffwyses i 		gorffwysaist ti,
gorffwysest ti 		gorffwysodd o/e/hi gorffwyson ni gorffwysoch chi gorffwyson nhw
imperative — gorffwysa — — gorffwyswch —

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

Derived terms

  • gorffwysfa (“resting place”)

Noun

gorffwys m (plural gorffwysion)

  1. (uncountable) rest, repose
  2. (countable, music) rest

Mutation

Mutated forms of gorffwys
radical soft nasal aspirate
gorffwys orffwys ngorffwys unchanged

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

References

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