arestio

Welsh

Etymology

Borrowed from English arrest + -io.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /aˈrɛsdjɔ/, [aˈrɛstjɔ]

Verb

arestio (first-person singular present arestiaf)

  1. (transitive) to arrest, to take into custody

Conjugation

Conjugation (colloquial)
inflected
colloquial forms
singular plural
first second third first second third
future arestia i,
arestiaf i
aresti di arestith o/e/hi,
arestiff e/hi
arestiwn ni arestiwch chi arestian nhw
conditional arestiwn i,
arestiswn i
arestiet ti,
arestiset ti
arestiai fo/fe/hi,
arestisai fo/fe/hi
arestien ni,
arestisen ni
arestiech chi,
arestisech chi
arestien nhw,
arestisen nhw
preterite arestiais i,
aresties i
arestiaist ti,
arestiest ti
arestiodd o/e/hi arestion ni arestioch chi arestion nhw
imperative arestia arestiwch

Note: All other forms are periphrastic, as usual in colloquial Welsh.

Derived terms

Mutation

Mutated forms of arestio
radical soft nasal h-prothesis
arestio unchanged unchanged harestio

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Welsh.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

Further reading

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