mwyara
Welsh
Pronunciation
- (North Wales) IPA(key): /mʊɨ̯ˈara/
- (South Wales) IPA(key): /mʊi̯ˈa(ː)ra/
- Rhymes: -ara
Verb
mwyara (first-person singular present mwyaraf)
- to gather blackberries, to go blackberrying
- (figurative) to be idle
Conjugation
Conjugation (literary)
| singular | plural | impersonal | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| first | second | third | first | second | third | |||
| present indicative/future | mwyaraf | mwyeri | mwyara | mwyarwn | mwyerwch, mwyarwch | mwyarant | mwyerir | |
| imperfect (indicative/subjunctive)/ conditional |
mwyarwn | mwyarit | mwyarai | mwyarem | mwyarech | mwyarent | mwyerid | |
| preterite | mwyerais | mwyeraist | mwyarodd | mwyarasom | mwyarasoch | mwyarasant | mwyarwyd | |
| pluperfect | mwyaraswn | mwyarasit | mwyarasai | mwyarasem | mwyarasech | mwyarasent | mwyarasid, mwyaresid | |
| present subjunctive | mwyarwyf | mwyerych | mwyaro | mwyarom | mwyaroch | mwyaront | mwyarer | |
| imperative | — | mwyara | mwyared | mwyarwn | mwyerwch, mwyarwch | mwyarent | mwyarer | |
| verbal noun | mwyara | |||||||
| verbal adjectives | mwyaredig mwyaradwy | |||||||
Conjugation (colloquial)
| Inflected colloquial forms | singular | plural | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| first | second | third | first | second | third | |
| future | mwyara i, mwyaraf i | mwyari di | mwyarith o/e/hi, mwyariff e/hi | mwyarwn ni | mwyarwch chi | mwyaran nhw |
| conditional | mwyarwn i, mwyarswn i | mwyaret ti, mwyarset ti | mwyarai fo/fe/hi, mwyarsai fo/fe/hi | mwyaren ni, mwyarsen ni | mwyarech chi, mwyarsech chi | mwyaren nhw, mwyarsen nhw |
| preterite | mwyarais i, mwyares i | mwyaraist ti, mwyarest ti | mwyarodd o/e/hi | mwyaron ni | mwyaroch chi | mwyaron nhw |
| imperative | — | mwyara | — | — | mwyarwch | — |
| Note: All other forms are periphrastic, as usual in colloquial Welsh. | ||||||
Mutation
| Welsh mutation | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| radical | soft | nasal | aspirate |
| mwyara | fwyara | 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), “mwyara”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies
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