Welsh edit

Etymology edit

From Middle English espien (to espy) or Old French espier (to spy), from Frankish *spehōn (to spy), from Proto-Germanic *spehōną (to see, look), from Proto-Indo-European *speḱ- (to look).

Pronunciation edit

Verb edit

ysbïo (first-person singular present ysbïaf)

  1. to spy
    Mae'n credu bod rhywun yn ysbïo arno fe.
    He thinks someone is spying on him.

Conjugation edit

Derived terms edit

Related terms edit

  • sbio (to spy; to look)

Mutation edit

Welsh mutation
radical soft nasal h-prothesis
ysbïo unchanged unchanged hysbïo
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), “ysbïo”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies