leicio
Welsh edit
Alternative forms edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from Old English līcian (“to like, to please”). The -io suffix added later by analogy with other verbnoun suffixes.
Pronunciation edit
- (North Wales) (standard) IPA(key): /ˈlei̯kjɔ/
- (North Wales) (colloquial) IPA(key): /ˈlɪkjɔ/
- (South Wales) (standard) IPA(key): /ˈlei̯kjɔ/
- (South Wales) (colloquial) IPA(key): /ˈlɪkjɔ/, /ˈlɪkɔ/
- Rhymes: -ei̯kjɔ
Verb edit
leicio (first-person singular present leiciaf, not mutable)
- to like
- Dw i’n leicio ti’n fawr iawn.
- I like you very much.
- Leiciet ti ddod efo ni heno?
- Would you like to come with us tonight?
Conjugation edit
Conjugation (literary)
| singular | plural | impersonal | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| first | second | third | first | second | third | |||
| present indicative/future | leiciaf | leici | leicia | leiciwn | leiciwch | leiciant | leicir | |
| imperfect (indicative/subjunctive)/conditional | leiciwn | leicit | leiciai | leiciem | leiciech | leicient | leicid | |
| preterite | leiciais | leiciaist | leiciodd | leiciasom | leiciasoch | leiciasant | leiciwyd | |
| pluperfect | leiciaswn | leiciasit | leiciasai | leiciasem | leiciasech | leiciasent | leiciasid, leiciesid | |
| present subjunctive | leiciwyf | leiciech | leicio | leiciom | leicioch | leiciont | leicier | |
| imperative | — | leicia | leicied | leiciwn | leiciwch | leicient | leicier | |
| verbal noun | leicio | |||||||
| verbal adjectives | leiciedig leiciadwy | |||||||
Conjugation (colloquial)
| Inflected colloquial forms | singular | plural | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| first | second | third | first | second | third | |
| future | leicia i, leiciaf i | leici di | leicith o/e/hi, leiciff e/hi | leiciwn ni | leiciwch chi | leician nhw |
| conditional | leiciwn i, leicswn i | leiciet ti, leicset ti | leiciai fo/fe/hi, leicsai fo/fe/hi | leicien ni, leicsen ni | leiciech chi, leicsech chi | leicien nhw, leicsen nhw |
| preterite | leiciais i, leicies i | leiciaist ti, leiciest ti | leiciodd o/e/hi | leicion ni | leicioch chi | leicion nhw |
| imperative | — | leicia | — | — | leiciwch | — |
| Note: All other forms are periphrastic, as usual in colloquial Welsh. | ||||||
Synonyms edit
Further reading edit
- R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke et al., editors (1950–present), “leiciaf”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies