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 of newid (literary)
singular plural impersonal
first second third first second third
present indicative/future newidiaf newidi newidia newidiwn newidiwch newidiant newidir
imperfect (indicative/subjunctive)/conditional newidiwn newidit newidiai newidiem newidiech newidient newidid
preterite newidiais newidiaist newidiodd newidiasom newidiasoch newidiasant newidiwyd
pluperfect newidiaswn newidiasit newidiasai newidiasem newidiasech newidiasent newidiasid, newidiesid
present subjunctive newidiwyf newidiech newidio newidiom newidioch newidiont newidier
imperative — newid newidied newidiwn newidiwch newidient newidier
verbal noun newid
verbal adjectives newidiedig
newidiadwy
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
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