gwyro

Welsh

Etymology 1

From gŵyr (“crooked, bent”) +‎ -o.

Verb

gwyro (first-person singular present gwyraf)

  1. to incline, to lean, to slant
  2. to deviate, to swerve, to stray
  3. to bow, to stoop, to bend
Conjugation
Conjugation (literary)
singular plural impersonal
first second third first second third
present indicative/future gwyraf gwyri gwyra gwyrwn gwyrwch gwyrant gwyrir
imperfect (indicative/subjunctive)/
conditional		 gwyrwn gwyrit gwyrai gwyrem gwyrech gwyrent gwyrid
preterite gwyrais gwyraist gwyrodd gwyrasom gwyrasoch gwyrasant gwyrwyd
pluperfect gwyraswn gwyrasit gwyrasai gwyrasem gwyrasech gwyrasent gwyrasid, gwyresid
present subjunctive gwyrwyf gwyrych gwyro gwyrom gwyroch gwyront gwyrer
imperative — gwyra gwyred gwyrwn gwyrwch gwyrent gwyrer
verbal noun gwyro
verbal adjectives gwyredig
gwyradwy
Conjugation (colloquial)
Inflected colloquial forms singular plural
first second third first second third
future gwyra i, gwyraf i gwyri di gwyrith o/e/hi, gwyriff e/hi gwyrwn ni gwyrwch chi gwyran nhw
conditional gwyrwn i, gwyrswn i gwyret ti, gwyrset ti gwyrai fo/fe/hi, gwyrsai fo/fe/hi gwyren ni, gwyrsen ni gwyrech chi, gwyrsech chi gwyren nhw, gwyrsen nhw
preterite gwyrais i, gwyres i gwyraist ti, gwyrest ti gwyrodd o/e/hi gwyron ni gwyroch chi gwyron nhw
imperative — gwyra — — gwyrwch —
Note: All other forms are periphrastic, as usual in colloquial Welsh.

Mutation
Welsh mutation
radicalsoftnasalaspirate
gwyro wyro ngwyro unchanged
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every
possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Noun

gwyro

  1. Soft mutation of cwyro.

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