goleuo
Welsh
editEtymology
editPronunciation
edit- (North Wales) IPA(key): /ɡɔˈleɨ̯.ɔ/
- (South Wales) IPA(key): /ɡɔˈlei̯.ɔ/
Verb
editgoleuo (first-person singular present goleuaf)
- (transitive) to illuminate, to light
- (transitive) to light (set fire to)
- (intransitive) to light up, to lighten, to brighten (become or appear lighter)
- (transitive) to enlighten
Conjugation
editConjugation (literary)
| singular | plural | impersonal | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| first | second | third | first | second | third | |||
| present indicative/future | goleuaf | goleui | goleua | goleuwn | goleuwch | goleuant | goleuir | |
| imperfect (indicative/subjunctive)/ conditional |
goleuwn | goleuit | goleuai | goleuem | goleuech | goleuent | goleuid | |
| preterite | goleuais | goleuaist | goleuodd | goleuasom | goleuasoch | goleuasant | goleuwyd | |
| pluperfect | goleuaswn | goleuasit | goleuasai | goleuasem | goleuasech | goleuasent | goleuasid, goleuesid | |
| present subjunctive | goleuwyf | goleuych | goleuo | goleuom | goleuoch | goleuont | goleuer | |
| imperative | — | goleua | goleued | goleuwn | goleuwch | goleuent | goleuer | |
| verbal noun | goleuo | |||||||
| verbal adjectives | goleuedig goleuadwy | |||||||
Conjugation (colloquial)
| Inflected colloquial forms | singular | plural | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| first | second | third | first | second | third | |
| future | goleua i, goleuaf i | goleui di | goleuith o/e/hi, goleuiff e/hi | goleuwn ni | goleuwch chi | goleuan nhw |
| conditional | goleuwn i, goleuswn i | goleuet ti, goleuset ti | goleuai fo/fe/hi, goleusai fo/fe/hi | goleuen ni, goleusen ni | goleuech chi, goleusech chi | goleuen nhw, goleusen nhw |
| preterite | goleuais i, goleues i | goleuaist ti, goleuest ti | goleuodd o/e/hi | goleuon ni | goleuoch chi | goleuon nhw |
| imperative | — | goleua | — | — | goleuwch | — |
| Note: All other forms are periphrastic, as usual in colloquial Welsh. | ||||||
Mutation
edit| Welsh mutation | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| radical | soft | nasal | aspirate |
| goleuo | oleuo | ngoleuo | unchanged |
| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. | |||
Further reading
edit- R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke et al., editors (1950–present), “goleuo”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies