osgoi
Welsh edit
Etymology edit
From osgo (“slope, slant, diversion”) + -i.
Pronunciation edit
Verb edit
osgoi (first-person singular present osgôf)
- (transitive) to avoid, to dodge, to evade
Conjugation edit
Conjugation (colloquial)
| Inflected colloquial forms | singular | plural | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| first | second | third | first | second | third | |
| future | osgoa i, osgoaf i | osgoi di | osgoith o/e/hi, osgoiff e/hi | osgown ni | osgowch chi | osgoan nhw |
| conditional | osgown i, osgoswn i | osgoet ti, osgoset ti | osgoai fo/fe/hi, osgosai fo/fe/hi | osgoen ni, osgosen ni | osgoech chi, osgosech chi | osgoen nhw, osgosen nhw |
| preterite | osgoies i | osgoiest ti | osgôdd o/e/hi | osgoeon ni | osgoeoch chi | osgoeon nhw |
| imperative | — | osgoa | — | — | osgowch | — |
| Note: All other forms are periphrastic, as usual in colloquial Welsh. | ||||||
Derived terms edit
- ffordd osgoi (“by-pass”)
- osgoi treth (“tax evasion”)
Mutation edit
| Welsh mutation | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| radical | soft | nasal | h-prothesis |
| osgoi | unchanged | unchanged | hosgoi |
| 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), “osgoi”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies