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clywed

clywed

Welsh

Verb

clywed (stem clyw-) (transitive, intransitive)

to hear; to listen
to feel; to smell; to taste

Conjugation

Conjugation (literary)

	singular			plural			impersonal
	first	second	third	first	second	third	impersonal
present/future	clywaf	clywi	clyw	clywn	clywch	clywant	clywir
imperfect/conditional	clywn	clywit	clywai	clywem	clywech	clywent	clywid
preterite	clywais	clywaist	clywodd	clywsom	clywsoch	clywsant	clywyd
pluperfect	clywswn	clywsit	clywsai	clywsem	clywsech	clywsent	clywsid
subjunctive	clywyf	clywech	clywo	clywom	clywoch	clywont	clywer
imperative	—	clyw	clywed	clywn	clywch	clywent	clywer
verbal noun	clywed
verbal adjectives	clywedig clywadwy

Conjugation (colloquial)

Inflected colloquial forms	singular			plural
Inflected colloquial forms	first	second	third	first	second	third
future	clywa i, clywaf i	clywi di	clywith o/e/hi, clywiff e/hi	clywn ni	clywch chi	clywan nhw
conditional	clywn i, clywswn i	clywet ti, clywset ti	clywai fo/fe/hi, clywsai fo/fe/hi	clywen ni, clywsen ni	clywech chi, clywsech chi	clywen nhw, clywsen nhw
preterite	clywais i, clywes i	clywaist ti, clywest ti	clywodd o/e/hi	clywon ni	clywoch chi	clywon nhw
imperative	—	clywa	—	—	clywch	—
Note: All other forms are periphrastic, as usual in colloquial Welsh.

Derived terms

clywedog ‎(“audible; loud, sonorous”)

Noun

clywed m

hearing, earshot
report

Mutation

Welsh mutation
radical	soft	nasal	aspirate
clywed	glywed	nghlywed	chlywed
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References

“clywaf” in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru.