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
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
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