megino

Welsh

Etymology

From megin (“bellows”) +‎ -o.

Pronunciation

• (North Wales) IPA^(key): /mɛˈɡɪnɔ/
• (South Wales) IPA^(key): /mɛˈɡiːnɔ/, /mɛˈɡɪnɔ/

Verb

megino (first-person singular present meginaf)

1. (intransitive) to work bellows
2. (transitive) to work bellows on, to blow (a fire, etc.)
3. (transitive, figurative) to blow life into, to fan the flames, to stir up

Conjugation

Conjugation (literary)

	singular			plural			impersonal
	first	second	third	first	second	third
present indicative/future	meginaf	megini	megina	meginwn	meginwch	meginant	meginir
imperfect (indicative/subjunctive)/ conditional	meginwn	meginit	meginai	meginem	meginech	meginent	meginid
preterite	meginais	meginaist	meginodd	meginasom	meginasoch	meginasant	meginwyd
pluperfect	meginaswn	meginasit	meginasai	meginasem	meginasech	meginasent	meginasid, meginesid
present subjunctive	meginwyf	meginych	megino	meginom	meginoch	meginont	meginer
imperative	—	megina	megined	meginwn	meginwch	meginent	meginer
verbal noun	megino
verbal adjectives	meginedig meginadwy

Conjugation (colloquial)

Inflected colloquial forms	singular			plural
	first	second	third	first	second	third
future	megina i, meginaf i	megini di	meginith o/e/hi, meginiff e/hi	meginwn ni	meginwch chi	meginan nhw
conditional	meginwn i, meginswn i	meginet ti, meginset ti	meginai fo/fe/hi, meginsai fo/fe/hi	meginen ni, meginsen ni	meginech chi, meginsech chi	meginen nhw, meginsen nhw
preterite	meginais i, megines i	meginaist ti, meginest ti	meginodd o/e/hi	meginon ni	meginoch chi	meginon nhw
imperative	—	megina	—	—	meginwch	—
Note: All other forms are periphrastic, as usual in colloquial Welsh.

Derived terms

• meginwr (“one who works the bellows”)

Further reading

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