ffrio

Welsh

Etymology

From Middle Welsh ffrio, ultimately from Latin frīgō (to roast, fry); either via Middle English frien, from Old French frire, or else via Proto-Brythonic *friɣɨd.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈfriː.ɔ/

Verb

ffrio (first-person singular present ffriaf, not mutable)

  1. to fry (cook (something) in hot fat or oil)

Conjugation

Conjugation (colloquial)
inflected
colloquial forms
singular plural
first second third first second third
future ffria i,
ffriaf i
ffrii di ffriith o/e/hi,
ffriiff o/e/hi
ffrïwn ni ffrïwch chi ffrian nhw
conditional ffrïwn i,
ffriswn i
ffriet ti,
ffriset ti
ffriai fo/fe/hi,
ffrisai fo/fe/hi
ffrien ni,
ffrisen ni
ffriech chi,
ffrisech chi
ffrien nhw,
ffrisen nhw
preterite ffriais i,
ffries i
ffriaist ti,
ffriest ti
ffriodd o/e/hi ffrion ni ffrioch chi ffrion nhw
imperative ffria ffriwch

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

Derived terms

Further reading

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