gordreiglo

Welsh

Etymology

From to gor- (“hyper-, over-”) +‎ treiglo (“to mutate”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ɡɔrˈdrei̯ɡlɔ/
  • Rhymes: -ei̯ɡlɔ

Verb

gordreiglo (first-person singular present gordreiglaf)

  1. (linguistics) to mutate a word that has already been mutated, to "over-mutate"

Conjugation

Conjugation (literary)
singular plural impersonal
first second third first second third
present indicative/future gordreiglaf gordreigli gordreigl, gordreigla gordreiglwn gordreiglwch gordreiglant gordreiglir
imperfect (indicative/subjunctive)/
conditional 		gordreiglwn gordreiglit gordreiglai gordreiglem gordreiglech gordreiglent gordreiglid
preterite gordreiglais gordreiglaist gordreiglodd gordreiglasom gordreiglasoch gordreiglasant gordreiglwyd
pluperfect gordreiglaswn gordreiglasit gordreiglasai gordreiglasem gordreiglasech gordreiglasent gordreiglasid, gordreiglesid
present subjunctive gordreiglwyf gordreiglych gordreiglo gordreiglom gordreigloch gordreiglont gordreigler
imperative — gordreigl, gordreigla gordreigled gordreiglwn gordreiglwch gordreiglent gordreigler
verbal noun gordreiglo
verbal adjectives gordreigledig
gordreigladwy
Conjugation (colloquial)
inflected
colloquial forms 		singular plural
first second third first second third
future gordreigla i,
gordreiglaf i 		gordreigli di gordreiglith o/e/hi,
gordreigliff e/hi 		gordreiglwn ni gordreiglwch chi gordreiglan nhw
conditional gordreiglwn i,
gordreiglswn i 		gordreiglet ti,
gordreiglset ti 		gordreiglai fo/fe/hi,
gordreiglsai fo/fe/hi 		gordreiglen ni,
gordreiglsen ni 		gordreiglech chi,
gordreiglsech chi 		gordreiglen nhw,
gordreiglsen nhw
preterite gordreiglais i,
gordreigles i 		gordreiglaist ti,
gordreiglest ti 		gordreiglodd o/e/hi gordreiglon ni gordreigloch chi gordreiglon nhw
imperative — gordreigla — — gordreiglwch —

Note: All other forms are periphrastic, as usual in colloquial Welsh.

Quotations

2004 October 24, “Gormod o ddreiglo [Too much mutation]”, in maes-e.com‎[1], archived from the original on 23 September 2025:
Dw i wedi sylwi bod pobl yn gordreiglo rhai geiriau; rhai sy'n dechrau hefo P yn arbennig.
I've noticed that people over-mutate certain words; those that start with P especially.

Mutation

Mutated forms of gordreiglo
radical soft nasal aspirate
gordreiglo ordreiglo ngordreiglo unchanged

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Welsh.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

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