dawnsio
Welsh
editAlternative forms
editEtymology
editPronunciation
edit- (North Wales, standard, colloquial) IPA(key): /ˈdau̯nʃɔ/
- (North Wales, colloquial) IPA(key): /ˈdou̯nʃɔ/
- (South Wales, standard, colloquial) IPA(key): /ˈdau̯nsjɔ/, /ˈdau̯nʃɔ/
- (South Wales, colloquial) IPA(key): /ˈdau̯nsɔ/
Verb
editdawnsio (first-person singular present dawnsiaf)
- to dance
- Mae Siân yn dawnsio gyda Siôn.
- Siân is dancing with Siôn.
- to perform a particular dance
- to trot, frisk (about), skip, caper (of a horse)
- to sparkle, quiver
- to jump about wildly with joy or anger
Conjugation
editConjugation (literary)
singular | plural | impersonal | ||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
first | second | third | first | second | third | |||
present indicative/future | dawnsiaf | dawnsi | dawnsia | dawnsiwn | dawnsiwch | dawnsiant | dawnsir | |
imperfect (indicative/subjunctive)/conditional | dawnsiwn | dawnsit | dawnsiai | dawnsiem | dawnsiech | dawnsient | dawnsid | |
preterite | dawnsiais | dawnsiaist | dawnsiodd | dawnsiasom | dawnsiasoch | dawnsiasant | dawnsiwyd | |
pluperfect | dawnsiaswn | dawnsiasit | dawnsiasai | dawnsiasem | dawnsiasech | dawnsiasent | dawnsiasid, dawnsiesid | |
present subjunctive | dawnsiwyf | dawnsiech | dawnsio | dawnsiom | dawnsioch | dawnsiont | dawnsier | |
imperative | — | dawnsia | dawnsied | dawnsiwn | dawnsiwch | dawnsient | dawnsier | |
verbal noun | dawnsio | |||||||
verbal adjectives | — — |
Conjugation (colloquial)
Inflected colloquial forms | singular | plural | ||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
first | second | third | first | second | third | |
future | dawnsia i, dawnsiaf i | dawnsi di | dawnsith o/e/hi, dawnsiff e/hi | dawnsiwn ni | dawnsiwch chi | dawnsian nhw |
conditional | dawnsiwn i, dawnswn i | dawnsiet ti, dawnset ti | dawnsiai fo/fe/hi, dawnsai fo/fe/hi | dawnsien ni, dawnsen ni | dawnsiech chi, dawnsech chi | dawnsien nhw, dawnsen nhw |
preterite | dawnsiais i, dawnsies i | dawnsiaist ti, dawnsiest ti | dawnsiodd o/e/hi | dawnsion ni | dawnsioch chi | dawnsion nhw |
imperative | — | dawnsia | — | — | dawnsiwch | — |
Note: All other forms are periphrastic, as usual in colloquial Welsh. |
Mutation
editWelsh mutation | |||
---|---|---|---|
radical | soft | nasal | aspirate |
dawnsio | ddawnsio | nawnsio | unchanged |
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. |
References
edit- R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke et al., editors (1950–present), “dawnsiaf”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies