arloesi

Welsh

Etymology

From arloes (“empty space, clearing”) +‎ -i.

Pronunciation

• (North Wales) IPA^(key): /arˈlɔɨ̯sɪ/
• (South Wales) IPA^(key): /arˈlɔi̯si/

Verb

arloesi (first-person singular present arloesaf)

1. (transitive, obsolete) to empty, to clear
2. (transitive or intransitive) to pioneer, to innovate

Conjugation

Conjugation (literary)

	singular			plural			impersonal
	first	second	third	first	second	third
present indicative/future	arloesaf	arloesi	arloesa	arloeswn	arloeswch	arloesant	arloesir
imperfect (indicative/subjunctive)/ conditional	arloeswn	arloesit	arloesai	arloesem	arloesech	arloesent	arloesid
preterite	arloesais	arloesaist	arloesodd	arloesasom	arloesasoch	arloesasant	arloeswyd
pluperfect	arloesaswn	arloesasit	arloesasai	arloesasem	arloesasech	arloesasent	arloesasid, arloesesid
present subjunctive	arloeswyf	arloesych	arloeso	arloesom	arloesoch	arloesont	arloeser
imperative	—	arloesa	arloesed	arloeswn	arloeswch	arloesent	arloeser
verbal noun	arloesi
verbal adjectives	arloesedig arloesadwy

Conjugation (colloquial)

Inflected colloquial forms	singular			plural
	first	second	third	first	second	third
future	arloesa i, arloesaf i	arloesi di	arloesith o/e/hi, arloesiff e/hi	arloeswn ni	arloeswch chi	arloesan nhw
conditional	arloeswn i, arloesswn i	arloeset ti, arloesset ti	arloesai fo/fe/hi, arloessai fo/fe/hi	arloesen ni, arloessen ni	arloesech chi, arloessech chi	arloesen nhw, arloessen nhw
preterite	arloesais i, arloeses i	arloesaist ti, arloesest ti	arloesodd o/e/hi	arloeson ni	arloesoch chi	arloeson nhw
imperative	—	arloesa	—	—	arloeswch	—
Note: All other forms are periphrastic, as usual in colloquial Welsh.

Derived terms

• arloesol (“innovative, pioneering”)
• arloeswr (“innovator, pioneer”)

Mutation

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