egino

Welsh

Etymology

egin (“sprout, shoot”) +‎ -o.

Pronunciation

• (North Wales) IPA^(key): /ɛˈɡɪnɔ/
• (South Wales) IPA^(key): /ɛˈɡiːnɔ/, /ɛˈɡɪnɔ/
• Rhymes: -ɪnɔ

Verb

egino (first-person singular present eginaf)

1. to sprout, to germinate
2. (figurative) to begin to develop

Conjugation

Conjugation (literary)

	singular			plural			impersonal
	first	second	third	first	second	third
present indicative/future	eginaf	egini	egina	eginwn	eginwch	eginant	eginir
imperfect (indicative/subjunctive)/ conditional	eginwn	eginit	eginai	eginem	eginech	eginent	eginid
preterite	eginais	eginaist	eginodd	eginasom	eginasoch	eginasant	eginwyd
pluperfect	eginaswn	eginasit	eginasai	eginasem	eginasech	eginasent	eginasid, eginesid
present subjunctive	eginwyf	eginych	egino	eginom	eginoch	eginont	eginer
imperative	—	egina	egined	eginwn	eginwch	eginent	eginer
verbal noun	egino
verbal adjectives	eginedig eginadwy

Conjugation (colloquial)

Inflected colloquial forms	singular			plural
	first	second	third	first	second	third
future	egina i, eginaf i	egini di	eginith o/e/hi, eginiff e/hi	eginwn ni	eginwch chi	eginan nhw
conditional	eginwn i, eginswn i	eginet ti, eginset ti	eginai fo/fe/hi, eginsai fo/fe/hi	eginen ni, eginsen ni	eginech chi, eginsech chi	eginen nhw, eginsen nhw
preterite	eginais i, egines i	eginaist ti, eginest ti	eginodd o/e/hi	eginon ni	eginoch chi	eginon nhw
imperative	—	egina	—	—	eginwch	—
Note: All other forms are periphrastic, as usual in colloquial Welsh.

Derived terms

• eginiad (“germination”)
• eginog, eginol (“sprouting, developing”)

Related terms

• blaguro (“to bud”)
• blodeuo (“to flower”)
• deilio (“to sprout leaves”)
• glasu (“to begin to grow”)

Mutation

Welsh mutation
radical	soft	nasal	h-prothesis
egino	unchanged	unchanged	hegino
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), “egino”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies