andwyo

Welsh

Etymology

Borrowed from English undo.

Verb

andwyo (first-person singular present andwyaf)

1. (transitive) to spoil, to ruin

   Synonyms: difetha, llychwino, sbwylio

Conjugation

Conjugation (literary)

	singular			plural			impersonal
	first	second	third	first	second	third
present indicative/future	andwyaf	andwyi	andwya	andwywn	andwywch	andwyant	andwyir
imperfect (indicative/subjunctive)/ conditional	andwywn	andwyit	andwyai	andwyem	andwyech	andwyent	andwyid
preterite	andwyais	andwyaist	andwyodd	andwyasom	andwyasoch	andwyasant	andwywyd
pluperfect	andwyaswn	andwyasit	andwyasai	andwyasem	andwyasech	andwyasent	andwyasid, andwyesid
present subjunctive	andwywyf	andwyych	andwyo	andwyom	andwyoch	andwyont	andwyer
imperative	—	andwya	andwyed	andwywn	andwywch	andwyent	andwyer
verbal noun	andwyo
verbal adjectives	andwyedig andwyadwy

Conjugation (colloquial)

Inflected colloquial forms	singular			plural
	first	second	third	first	second	third
future	andwya i, andwyaf i	andwyi di	andwyith o/e/hi, andwyiff e/hi	andwywn ni	andwywch chi	andwyan nhw
conditional	andwywn i, andwyswn i	andwyet ti, andwyset ti	andwyai fo/fe/hi, andwysai fo/fe/hi	andwyen ni, andwysen ni	andwyech chi, andwysech chi	andwyen nhw, andwysen nhw
preterite	andwyais i, andwyes i	andwyaist ti, andwyest ti	andwyodd o/e/hi	andwyon ni	andwyoch chi	andwyon nhw
imperative	—	andwya	—	—	andwywch	—
Note: All other forms are periphrastic, as usual in colloquial Welsh.

Derived terms

• andwyol (“adverse”, adjective)

Mutation

Welsh mutation
radical	soft	nasal	h-prothesis
andwyo	unchanged	unchanged	handwyo
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

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