dychwelyd

Welsh

Etymology

dy- +‎ chwêl (“turn”),[1] ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *kʷel- (“to turn”).[2]

Pronunciation

Verb

dychwelyd (first-person singular present dychwelaf)

  1. to return
  2. to revert

Conjugation
Conjugation (literary)
singular plural impersonal
first second third first second third
present indicative/future dychwelaf dychweli dychwel dychwelwn dychwelwch dychwelant dychwelir
imperfect (indicative/subjunctive)/
conditional		 dychwelwn dychwelit dychwelai dychwelem dychwelech dychwelent dychwelid
preterite dychwelais dychwelaist dychwelodd dychwelasom dychwelasoch dychwelasant dychwelwyd
pluperfect dychwelaswn dychwelasit dychwelasai dychwelasem dychwelasech dychwelasent dychwelasid, dychwelesid
present subjunctive dychwelwyf dychwelych dychwelo dychwelom dychweloch dychwelont dychweler
imperative — dychwel dychweled dychwelwn dychwelwch dychwelent dychweler
verbal noun dychwelyd
verbal adjectives dychweledig
dychweladwy
Conjugation (colloquial)
Inflected colloquial forms singular plural
first second third first second third
future dychwela i, dychwelaf i dychweli di dychwelith o/e/hi, dychweliff e/hi dychwelwn ni dychwelwch chi dychwelan nhw
conditional dychwelwn i, dychwelswn i dychwelet ti, dychwelset ti dychwelai fo/fe/hi, dychwelsai fo/fe/hi dychwelen ni, dychwelsen ni dychwelech chi, dychwelsech chi dychwelen nhw, dychwelsen nhw
preterite dychwelais i, dychweles i dychwelaist ti, dychwelest ti dychwelodd o/e/hi dychwelon ni dychweloch chi dychwelon nhw
imperative — dychwela — — dychwelwch —
Note: All other forms are periphrastic, as usual in colloquial Welsh.

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

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