gwneud

== Welsh == === Alternative forms === gwneuthur (literary) neud (colloquial) === Etymology === Back-formation from gwneuthud, gwneuthur, from Middle Welsh gwneithur, altered from *gwreithur with -n- from gwnïo (“to sew”), from Proto-Brythonic *gwrėɣɨd, from Proto-Celtic *wregeti, from Proto-Indo-European *werǵ-. See also Cornish gwra (“he does, makes”), Breton gra (“he does, makes”), Old Irish fairged (“they made”); also English work. === Pronunciation === (North Wales, standard) IPA(key): /ɡwneɨ̯d/ (North Wales, colloquial) IPA(key): /ɡneɨ̯d/, /neɨ̯d/ (South Wales, standard, colloquial) IPA(key): /ɡwnei̯d/ (South Wales, colloquial) IPA(key): /ɡnei̯d/, /nei̯d/ Rhymes: -eɨ̯d === Verb === gwneud (first-person singular present gwnaf) to do; to make Dw i'n ei wneud e heddiw. ― I am doing it today. Wyt ti'n gwneud y brecwast y bore 'ma? ― Are you making breakfast this morning? auxiliary verb used to form the past or future tenses. Wnes i anghofio. ― I forgot. (literally, “I did forget.”) Wnest ti gofio'r ateb. ― You remembered the answer. (literally, “You did remember the answer.”) Wnaethoch chi ei gweld hi? ― Did you see her? Wnaeth o fwyta'r frechdan? ― Did he eat the sandwich? Wnaeth hi dy weld di. ― She saw you. (literally, “She did see you.”) Wnaeth y ci ddim bwyta'r cig. ― The dog didn't eat the meat. Wnaethon ni ddod adref. ― We came home. (literally, “We did come home.”) Wnaethon nhw ddim mynd i Fangor. ― They didn't go to Bangor. ==== Conjugation ==== ==== Derived terms ==== ail-wneud (“to redo”) dad-wneud (“to undo, to redo”) gwneud môr a mynydd (“to make a mountain out of a molehill”) gwneud dŵr (“to urinate”, literally “to make water”) gwneuthuriad (“composition, operation”) ymwneud (“to do (with)”) ==== Related terms ==== gweithred === Mutation === === Further reading === D. G. Lewis, N. Lewis, editors (2005–present), “gwneud”, in Gweiadur: the Welsh–English Dictionary, Gwerin R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke, et al., editors (1950–present), “gwneud”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies