leicio

Welsh

Alternative forms

Etymology

Borrowed from Old English līcian (to like, to please). The -io suffix added later by analogy with other verbnoun suffixes.

Pronunciation

  • (North Wales, standard) IPA(key): /ˈlei̯kjɔ/
  • (South Wales, standard) IPA(key): /ˈlei̯kjɔ/
    • (South Wales, colloquial) IPA(key): /ˈlɪkjɔ/, /ˈlɪkɔ/
  • Rhymes: -ei̯kjɔ

Verb

leicio (first-person singular present leiciaf, not mutable)

  1. to like
    Dw i’n leicio ti’n fawr iawn.
    I like you very much.
    Leiciet ti ddod efo ni heno?
    Would you like to come with us tonight?

Conjugation

Conjugation (colloquial)
inflected
colloquial forms
singular plural
first second third first second third
future leicia i,
leiciaf i
leici di leicith o/e/hi,
leiciff e/hi
leiciwn ni leiciwch chi leician nhw
conditional leiciwn i,
leicswn i
leiciet ti,
leicset ti
leiciai fo/fe/hi,
leicsai fo/fe/hi
leicien ni,
leicsen ni
leiciech chi,
leicsech chi
leicien nhw,
leicsen nhw
preterite leiciais i,
leicies i
leiciaist ti,
leiciest ti
leiciodd o/e/hi leicion ni leicioch chi leicion nhw
imperative leicia leiciwch

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

Synonyms

Further reading

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