tolcio

Welsh

Etymology

From tolc (“dent”) +‎ -io.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈtɔlkjɔ/

Verb

tolcio (first-person singular present tolciaf)

1. to dent
2. to butt, to ram

Conjugation

Conjugation (literary)

	singular			plural			impersonal
	first	second	third	first	second	third
present indicative/future	tolciaf	tolci	tolcia	tolciwn	tolciwch	tolciant	tolcir
imperfect (indicative/subjunctive)/conditional	tolciwn	tolcit	tolciai	tolciem	tolciech	tolcient	tolcid
preterite	tolciais	tolciaist	tolciodd	tolciasom	tolciasoch	tolciasant	tolciwyd
pluperfect	tolciaswn	tolciasit	tolciasai	tolciasem	tolciasech	tolciasent	tolciasid, tolciesid
present subjunctive	tolciwyf	tolciech	tolcio	tolciom	tolcioch	tolciont	tolcier
imperative	—	tolcia	tolcied	tolciwn	tolciwch	tolcient	tolcier
verbal noun	tolcio
verbal adjectives	tolciedig tolciadwy

Conjugation (colloquial)

Inflected colloquial forms	singular			plural
	first	second	third	first	second	third
future	tolcia i, tolciaf i	tolci di	tolcith o/e/hi, tolciff e/hi	tolciwn ni	tolciwch chi	tolcian nhw
conditional	tolciwn i, tolcswn i	tolciet ti, tolcset ti	tolciai fo/fe/hi, tolcsai fo/fe/hi	tolcien ni, tolcsen ni	tolciech chi, tolcsech chi	tolcien nhw, tolcsen nhw
preterite	tolciais i, tolcies i	tolciaist ti, tolciest ti	tolciodd o/e/hi	tolcion ni	tolcioch chi	tolcion nhw
imperative	—	tolcia	—	—	tolciwch	—
Note: All other forms are periphrastic, as usual in colloquial Welsh.

Derived terms

• pendolcio (“to headbutt”)
• tolciog (“dented”)

Mutation

Welsh mutation
radical	soft	nasal	aspirate
tolcio	dolcio	nholcio	tholcio
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

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