gwarchae

Welsh

Etymology

From gwar- (over) +‎ cae (field).

Noun

gwarchae m (plural gwarchaeau)

  1. siege

Verb

gwarchae (first-person singular present gwarchaeaf)

  1. (transitive) to besiege (with ar)
    • 1953, Thomas Jones Pierce, “TUDUR, SIASPAR (JASPER) (c. 1431 - 1495), iarll Pembroke”, in Y Bywgraffiadur Cymreig[1], retrieved 10 September 2025:
      Pan dorrodd y rhyfel allan (...), gwarchaeodd ar Ddinbych a'i chymryd yn 1460.
      When the war broke out (...), he besieged Denbigh and took it in 1460.

Conjugation

Conjugation (literary)
singular plural impersonal
first second third first second third
present indicative/future gwarchaeaf gwarchaei gwarchae, gwarchaea gwarchaewn gwarchaewch gwarchaeant gwarchaeir
imperfect (indicative/subjunctive)/
conditional
gwarchaewn gwarchaeit gwarchaeai gwarchaeem gwarchaeech gwarchaeent gwarchaeid
preterite gwarchaeais gwarchaeaist gwarchaeodd gwarchaeasom gwarchaeasoch gwarchaeasant gwarchaewyd
pluperfect gwarchaeaswn gwarchaeasit gwarchaeasai gwarchaeasem gwarchaeasech gwarchaeasent gwarchaeasid, gwarchaeesid
present subjunctive gwarchaewyf gwarchaeych gwarchaeo gwarchaeom gwarchaeoch gwarchaeont gwarchaeer
imperative gwarchae, gwarchaea gwarchaeed gwarchaewn gwarchaewch gwarchaeent gwarchaeer
verbal noun gwarchae
verbal adjectives gwarchaeedig
gwarchaeadwy
Conjugation (colloquial)
inflected
colloquial forms
singular plural
first second third first second third
future gwarchaea i,
gwarchaeaf i
gwarchaei di gwarchaeith o/e/hi,
gwarchaeiff e/hi
gwarchaewn ni gwarchaewch chi gwarchaean nhw
conditional gwarchaewn i,
gwarchaeswn i
gwarchaeet ti,
gwarchaeset ti
gwarchaeai fo/fe/hi,
gwarchaesai fo/fe/hi
gwarchaeen ni,
gwarchaesen ni
gwarchaeech chi,
gwarchaesech chi
gwarchaeen nhw,
gwarchaesen nhw
preterite gwarchaeais i,
gwarchaees i
gwarchaeaist ti,
gwarchaeest ti
gwarchaeodd o/e/hi gwarchaeon ni gwarchaeoch chi gwarchaeon nhw
imperative gwarchaea gwarchaewch

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

Mutation

Mutated forms of gwarchae
radical soft nasal aspirate
gwarchae warchae ngwarchae unchanged

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

Further reading

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