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gwneud.

to do; to make

6 characters1 syllables approx.Cymraeg language

Meaning & usage

verb/ɡwneɨ̯d/North-Wales, standard/ɡneɨ̯d/North-Wales, colloquial/neɨ̯d/North-Wales, colloquial/ɡwnei̯d/South-Wales, colloquial, standard

  1. to do; to make

    Dw i'n ei wneud e heddiw.
    Wyt ti'n gwneud y brecwast y bore 'ma?

  2. auxiliary verb used to form the past or future tenses.

    Wnes i anghofio.
    Wnest ti gofio'r ateb.
Where this word comes from

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.

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