bargeinio

Welsh

Etymology

From Middle English bargaynen, from Anglo-Norman bargaigner (“to bargain”), from Frankish *borganjan (“to borrow, lend”), from Proto-Germanic *burgijaną (“to borrow, lend”), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰergʰ- (“to protect, secure”). By surface analysis, bargen +‎ -io.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /barˈɡei̯njɔ/

Verb

bargeinio (first-person singular present bargeiniaf)

1. to bargain, haggle

Conjugation

Conjugation (literary)

	singular			plural			impersonal
	first	second	third	first	second	third
present indicative/future	bargeiniaf	bargeini	bargeini, bargeinia	bargeiniwn	bargeiniwch	bargeiniant	bargeinir
imperfect (indicative/subjunctive)/conditional	bargeiniwn	bargeinit	bargeiniai	bargeiniem	bargeiniech	bargeinient	bargeinid
preterite	bargeiniais	bargeiniaist	bargeiniodd	bargeiniasom	bargeiniasoch	bargeiniasant	bargeiniwyd
pluperfect	bargeiniaswn	bargeiniasit	bargeiniasai	bargeiniasem	bargeiniasech	bargeiniasent	bargeiniasid, bargeiniesid
present subjunctive	bargeiniwyf	bargeiniech	bargeinio	bargeiniom	bargeinioch	bargeiniont	bargeinier
imperative	—	bargeini, bargeinia	bargeinied	bargeiniwn	bargeiniwch	bargeinient	bargeinier
verbal noun	bargeinio
verbal adjectives	bargeiniedig bargeiniadwy

Conjugation (colloquial)

Inflected colloquial forms	singular			plural
	first	second	third	first	second	third
future	bargeinia i, bargeiniaf i	bargeini di	bargeinith o/e/hi, bargeiniff e/hi	bargeiniwn ni	bargeiniwch chi	bargeinian nhw
conditional	bargeiniwn i, bargeinswn i	bargeiniet ti, bargeinset ti	bargeiniai fo/fe/hi, bargeinsai fo/fe/hi	bargeinien ni, bargeinsen ni	bargeiniech chi, bargeinsech chi	bargeinien nhw, bargeinsen nhw
preterite	bargeiniais i, bargeinies i	bargeiniaist ti, bargeiniest ti	bargeiniodd o/e/hi	bargeinion ni	bargeinioch chi	bargeinion nhw
imperative	—	bargeinia	—	—	bargeiniwch	—
Note: All other forms are periphrastic, as usual in colloquial Welsh.

Related terms

• taro bargen (“to strike a bargain”)

Mutation

Welsh mutation
radical	soft	nasal	aspirate
bargeinio	fargeinio	margeinio	unchanged
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

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