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 (first-person singular present newidiaf, not mutable)

  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 (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 (plural newidiadau, not mutable)

  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