dewis

Welsh

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *ǵews- (“to taste, try, choose”). Cognate with Cornish dyuys, Breton divis.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈdɛu̯is/
  • Rhymes: -ɛu̯is

Noun

dewis m (plural dewisiadau or dewisau or dewision)

  1. choice

Verb

dewis (first-person singular present dewisaf)

  1. to choose, to select

Conjugation
Conjugation (literary)
singular plural impersonal
first second third first second third
present indicative/future dewisaf dewisi dewis, dewisa dewiswn dewiswch dewisant dewisir
imperfect (indicative/subjunctive)/
conditional		 dewiswn dewisit dewisai dewisem dewisech dewisent dewisid
preterite dewisais dewisaist dewisodd dewisasom dewisasoch dewisasant dewiswyd
pluperfect dewisaswn dewisasit dewisasai dewisasem dewisasech dewisasent dewisasid, dewisesid
present subjunctive dewiswyf dewisych dewiso dewisom dewisoch dewisont dewiser
imperative — dewis, dewisa dewised dewiswn dewiswch dewisent dewiser
verbal noun dewis
verbal adjectives dewisedig
dewisadwy
Conjugation (colloquial)
Inflected colloquial forms singular plural
first second third first second third
future dewisa i, dewisaf i dewisi di dewisith o/e/hi, dewisiff e/hi dewiswn ni dewiswch chi dewisan nhw
conditional dewiswn i, dewisswn i dewiset ti, dewisset ti dewisai fo/fe/hi, dewissai fo/fe/hi dewisen ni, dewissen ni dewisech chi, dewissech chi dewisen nhw, dewissen nhw
preterite dewisais i, dewises i dewisaist ti, dewisest ti dewisodd o/e/hi dewison ni dewisoch chi dewison nhw
imperative — dewisa — — dewiswch —
Note: All other forms are periphrastic, as usual in colloquial Welsh.

Mutation
Welsh mutation
radical soft nasal aspirate
dewis ddewis newis unchanged
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

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