ymhonni

Welsh

Etymology

ym- +‎ honni (“to allege”).

Pronunciation

• (North Wales) IPA^(key): /əmˈhɔnɪ/, [əmˈɦɔnɪ]
• (South Wales) IPA^(key): /əmˈhɔni/, [əmˈɦɔni]
• Rhymes: -ɔnɪ

Verb

ymhonni (first-person singular present ymhonnaf)

1. (transitive) to arrogate, to pretend

Conjugation

Conjugation (literary)

	singular			plural			impersonal
	first	second	third	first	second	third
present indicative/future	ymhonnaf	ymhonni	ymhonna	ymhonnwn	ymhonnwch	ymhonnant	ymhonnir
imperfect (indicative/subjunctive)/ conditional	ymhonnwn	ymhonnit	ymhonnai	ymhonnem	ymhonnech	ymhonnent	ymhonnid
preterite	ymhonnais	ymhonnaist	ymhonnodd	ymhonasom	ymhonasoch	ymhonasant	ymhonnwyd
pluperfect	ymhonaswn	ymhonasit	ymhonasai	ymhonasem	ymhonasech	ymhonasent	ymhonasid, ymhonesid
present subjunctive	ymhonnwyf	ymhonnych	ymhonno	ymhonnom	ymhonnoch	ymhonnont	ymhonner
imperative	—	ymhonna	ymhonned	ymhonnwn	ymhonnwch	ymhonnent	ymhonner
verbal noun	ymhonni
verbal adjectives	ymhonedig ymhonadwy

Conjugation (colloquial)

Inflected colloquial forms	singular			plural
	first	second	third	first	second	third
future	ymhonna i, ymhonnaf i	ymhonni di	ymhonnith o/e/hi, ymhonniff e/hi	ymhonnwn ni	ymhonnwch chi	ymhonnan nhw
conditional	ymhonnwn i, ymhonnswn i	ymhonnet ti, ymhonnset ti	ymhonnai fo/fe/hi, ymhonnsai fo/fe/hi	ymhonnen ni, ymhonnsen ni	ymhonnech chi, ymhonnsech chi	ymhonnen nhw, ymhonnsen nhw
preterite	ymhonnais i, ymhonnes i	ymhonnaist ti, ymhonnest ti	ymhonnodd o/e/hi	ymhonnon ni	ymhonnoch chi	ymhonnon nhw
imperative	—	ymhonna	—	—	ymhonnwch	—
Note: All other forms are periphrastic, as usual in colloquial Welsh.

Derived terms

• ymhongar (“arrogant”)

References

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