pobi
Welsh edit
Etymology edit
From Middle Welsh poby, from Proto-Brythonic *pobɨd, from Proto-Celtic *kʷokʷeti, from Proto-Indo-European *pékʷeti (“to cook”).
Pronunciation edit
Verb edit
pobi (first-person singular present pobaf)
- (transitive) to bake, to roast
- (intransitive) to roast, become feverish
Conjugation edit
Conjugation (literary)
singular | plural | impersonal | ||||||
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first | second | third | first | second | third | |||
present indicative/future | pobaf | pobi | pob, poba | pobwn | pobwch | pobant | pobir | |
imperfect (indicative/subjunctive)/ conditional |
pobwn | pobit | pobai | pobem | pobech | pobent | pobid | |
preterite | pobais | pobaist | pobodd | pobasom | pobasoch | pobasant | pobwyd | |
pluperfect | pobaswn | pobasit | pobasai | pobasem | pobasech | pobasent | pobasid, pobesid | |
present subjunctive | pobwyf | pobych | pobo | pobom | poboch | pobont | pober | |
imperative | — | pob, poba | pobed | pobwn | pobwch | pobent | pober | |
verbal noun | pobi | |||||||
verbal adjectives | pobedig pobadwy |
Conjugation (colloquial)
Inflected colloquial forms | singular | plural | ||||
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first | second | third | first | second | third | |
future | poba i, pobaf i | pobi di | pobith o/e/hi, pobiff e/hi | pobwn ni | pobwch chi | poban nhw |
conditional | pobwn i, pobswn i | pobet ti, pobset ti | pobai fo/fe/hi, pobsai fo/fe/hi | poben ni, pobsen ni | pobech chi, pobsech chi | poben nhw, pobsen nhw |
preterite | pobais i, pobes i | pobaist ti, pobest ti | pobodd o/e/hi | pobon ni | poboch chi | pobon nhw |
imperative | — | poba | — | — | pobwch | — |
Note: All other forms are periphrastic, as usual in colloquial Welsh. |
Derived terms edit
Related terms edit
Mutation edit
Welsh mutation | |||
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radical | soft | nasal | aspirate |
pobi | bobi | mhobi | phobi |
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), “pobi”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies