dawnsio

Welsh

Alternative forms

  • dawnsian
  • dawnso

Etymology

From dawns (dance) +‎ -io.

Pronunciation

  • (North Wales, standard, colloquial) IPA(key): /ˈdau̯nʃɔ/
  • (South Wales, standard, colloquial) IPA(key): /ˈdau̯nsjɔ/, /ˈdau̯nʃɔ/

Verb

dawnsio (first-person singular present dawnsiaf)

  1. to dance
    Mae Siân yn dawnsio gyda Siôn.
    Siân is dancing with Siôn.
  2. to perform a particular dance
  3. to trot, frisk (about), skip, caper (of a horse)
  4. to sparkle, quiver
  5. to jump about wildly with joy or anger

Conjugation

Conjugation (colloquial)
inflected
colloquial forms
singular plural
first second third first second third
future dawnsia i,
dawnsiaf i
dawnsi di dawnsith o/e/hi,
dawnsiff e/hi
dawnsiwn ni dawnsiwch chi dawnsian nhw
conditional dawnsiwn i,
dawnswn i
dawnsiet ti,
dawnset ti
dawnsiai fo/fe/hi,
dawnsai fo/fe/hi
dawnsien ni,
dawnsen ni
dawnsiech chi,
dawnsech chi
dawnsien nhw,
dawnsen nhw
preterite dawnsiais i,
dawnsies i
dawnsiaist ti,
dawnsiest ti
dawnsiodd o/e/hi dawnsion ni dawnsioch chi dawnsion nhw
imperative dawnsia dawnsiwch

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

Mutation

Mutated forms of dawnsio
radical soft nasal aspirate
dawnsio ddawnsio nawnsio unchanged

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

References

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