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bwrw

bwrw

Welsh

Verb

bwrw (stem bwri-)

To hit
To strike
To cast
To overthrow
(weather) Used to state precipitation
Mae hi'n bwrw glaw.‎ ― It's raining (literally, "She's throwing rain").

Conjugation

Conjugation (literary)

	singular			plural			impersonal
	first	second	third	first	second	third	impersonal
present/future	bwriaf	bwri	bwria	bwriwn	bwriwch	bwriant	bwrir
imperfect/conditional	bwriwn	bwrit	bwriai	bwriem	bwriech	bwrient	bwrid
preterite	bwriais	bwriaist	bwriodd	bwriasom	bwriasoch	bwriasant	bwriwyd
pluperfect	bwriaswn	bwriasit	bwriasai	bwriasem	bwriasech	bwriasent	bwriasid, bwriesid
subjunctive	bwriwyf	bwriech	bwrio	bwriom	bwrioch	bwriont	bwrier
imperative	—	bwra, bwria	bwried	bwriwn	bwriwch	bwrient	bwrier
verbal noun	bwrw
verbal adjectives	bwriedig —

Conjugation (colloquial)

Inflected colloquial forms	singular			plural
Inflected colloquial forms	first	second	third	first	second	third
future	bwria i, bwriaf i	bwri di	bwrith o/e/hi, bwriff e/hi	bwriwn ni	bwriwch chi	bwrian nhw
conditional	bwriwn i, bwriswn i	bwriet ti, bwriset ti	bwriai fo/fe/hi, bwrisai fo/fe/hi	bwrien ni, bwrisen ni	bwriech chi, bwrisech chi	bwrien nhw, bwrisen nhw
preterite	bwriais i, bwries i	bwriaist ti, bwriest ti	bwriodd o/e/hi	bwrion ni	bwrioch chi	bwrion nhw
imperative	—	bwria	—	—	bwriwch	—
Note: All other forms are periphrastic, as usual in colloquial Welsh.

Mutation

Welsh mutation
radical	soft	nasal	aspirate
bwrw	fwrw	mwrw	unchanged
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References

↑ Schrijver, Peter (1995). Studies in British Celtic Historical Phonology. Amsterdam: Rodopi. pp. 55–56.