hollti

Welsh

Etymology

From hollt (“cleft, fissure, split”) +‎ -i, from Middle Welsh hollt, from Proto-Celtic *skoltā (“cleft, fissure”) (compare Irish scoilt), from Proto-Indo-European *(s)kelH- (“to split, cut”). Possibly related to Proto-Celtic *kallī (“forest, grove”).

The original form of the verb was holli, which was then re-formed under the influence of hollt.

Pronunciation

• (North Wales) IPA^(key): /ˈhɔɬdɪ/, [ˈhɔɬtɪ]
• (South Wales) IPA^(key): /ˈhɔɬdi/, [ˈhɔɬti]
• Rhymes: -ɔɬdɪ

Verb

hollti (first-person singular present holltaf, not mutable)

1. (transitive, intransitive) to split, to cleave

Conjugation

Conjugation (literary)

	singular			plural			impersonal
	first	second	third	first	second	third
present indicative/future	holltaf	hollti	hyllt, hollta	holltwn	holltwch	holltant	holltir
imperfect (indicative/subjunctive)/ conditional	holltwn	holltit	holltai	holltem	holltech	holltent	holltid
preterite	holltais	holltaist	holltodd	holltasom	holltasoch	holltasant	holltwyd
pluperfect	holltaswn	holltasit	holltasai	holltasem	holltasech	holltasent	holltasid, holltesid
present subjunctive	holltwyf	holltych	hollto	holltom	holltoch	holltont	hollter
imperative	—	hollta	hollted	holltwn	holltwch	holltent	hollter
verbal noun	hollti
verbal adjectives	holltedig holltadwy

Conjugation (colloquial)

Inflected colloquial forms	singular			plural
	first	second	third	first	second	third
future	hollta i, holltaf i	hollti di	holltith o/e/hi, holltiff e/hi	holltwn ni	holltwch chi	holltan nhw
conditional	holltwn i, holltswn i	holltet ti, holltset ti	holltai fo/fe/hi, holltsai fo/fe/hi	hollten ni, holltsen ni	holltech chi, holltsech chi	hollten nhw, holltsen nhw
preterite	holltais i, holltes i	holltaist ti, holltest ti	holltodd o/e/hi	hollton ni	holltoch chi	hollton nhw
imperative	—	hollta	—	—	holltwch	—
Note: All other forms are periphrastic, as usual in colloquial Welsh.

Derived terms

• holltiad m (“cleavage”)

Further reading

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