draenio

Welsh

Etymology

From English drain.

Verb

draenio (first-person singular present draeniaf)

1. to drain

Conjugation

Conjugation (literary)

	singular			plural			impersonal
	first	second	third	first	second	third
present indicative/future	draeniaf	draeni	draenia	draeniwn	draeniwch	draeniant	draenir
imperfect (indicative/subjunctive)/conditional	draeniwn	draenit	draeniai	draeniem	draeniech	draenient	draenid
preterite	draeniais	draeniaist	draeniodd	draeniasom	draeniasoch	draeniasant	draeniwyd
pluperfect	draeniaswn	draeniasit	draeniasai	draeniasem	draeniasech	draeniasent	draeniasid, draeniesid
present subjunctive	draeniwyf	draeniech	draenio	draeniom	draenioch	draeniont	draenier
imperative	—	draenia	draenied	draeniwn	draeniwch	draenient	draenier
verbal noun	draenio
verbal adjectives	draeniedig draeniadwy

Conjugation (colloquial)

Inflected colloquial forms	singular			plural
	first	second	third	first	second	third
future	draenia i, draeniaf i	draeni di	draenith o/e/hi, draeniff e/hi	draeniwn ni	draeniwch chi	draenian nhw
conditional	draeniwn i, draeniswn i	draeniet ti, draeniset ti	draeniai fo/fe/hi, draenisai fo/fe/hi	draenien ni, draenisen ni	draeniech chi, draenisech chi	draenien nhw, draenisen nhw
preterite	draeniais i, draenies i	draeniaist ti, draeniest ti	draeniodd o/e/hi	draenion ni	draenioch chi	draenion nhw
imperative	—	draenia	—	—	draeniwch	—
Note: All other forms are periphrastic, as usual in colloquial Welsh.

Derived terms

• draeniad (“drainage”)

Related terms

• draen (“drain”)

Further reading

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