bodoli

Welsh

Etymology

From bodol (“existing”) +‎ -i.

Pronunciation

• (North Wales) IPA^(key): /bɔˈdɔlɪ/
• (South Wales) IPA^(key): /bɔˈdoːli/, /bɔˈdɔli/
• Rhymes: -ɔlɪ

Verb

bodoli (first-person singular present bodolaf)

1. to exist

Conjugation

Conjugation (literary)

	singular			plural			impersonal
	first	second	third	first	second	third
present indicative/future	bodolaf	bodoli	bodola	bodolwn	bodolwch	bodolant	bodolir
imperfect (indicative/subjunctive)/ conditional	bodolwn	bodolit	bodolai	bodolem	bodolech	bodolent	bodolid
preterite	bodolais	bodolaist	bodolodd	bodolasom	bodolasoch	bodolasant	bodolwyd
pluperfect	bodolaswn	bodolasit	bodolasai	bodolasem	bodolasech	bodolasent	bodolasid, bodolesid
present subjunctive	bodolwyf	bodolych	bodolo	bodolom	bodoloch	bodolont	bodoler
imperative	—	-, bodola	bodoled	bodolwn	bodolwch	bodolent	bodoler
verbal noun	bodoli
verbal adjectives	bodoledig

Conjugation (colloquial)

Inflected colloquial forms	singular			plural
	first	second	third	first	second	third
future	bodola i, bodolaf i	bodoli di	bodolith o/e/hi, bodoliff e/hi	bodolwn ni	bodolwch chi	bodolan nhw
conditional	bodolwn i, bodolswn i	bodolet ti, bodolset ti	bodolai fo/fe/hi, bodolsai fo/fe/hi	bodolen ni, bodolsen ni	bodolech chi, bodolsech chi	bodolen nhw, bodolsen nhw
preterite	bodolais i, bodoles i	bodolaist ti, bodolest ti	bodolodd o/e/hi	bodolon ni	bodoloch chi	bodolon nhw
imperative	—	bodola	—	—	bodolwch	—
Note: All other forms are periphrastic, as usual in colloquial Welsh.

Mutation

Welsh mutation
radical	soft	nasal	aspirate
bodoli	fodoli	modoli	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), “bodoli”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies