pobi

Welsh

Etymology

From Middle Welsh poby, from Proto-Brythonic *pobɨd, from Proto-Celtic *kʷokʷeti, from Proto-Indo-European *pékʷeti (to cook).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈpɔbi/

Verb

pobi (first-person singular present pobaf)

  1. (transitive) to bake, to roast
  2. (intransitive) to roast, become feverish

Conjugation

Conjugation (literary)
singular plural impersonal
first second third first second third
present indicative/future pobaf pobi pob, poba pobwn pobwch pobant pobir
imperfect (indicative/subjunctive)/
conditional
pobwn pobit pobai pobem pobech pobent pobid
preterite pobais pobaist pobodd pobasom pobasoch pobasant pobwyd
pluperfect pobaswn pobasit pobasai pobasem pobasech pobasent pobasid, pobesid
present subjunctive pobwyf pobych pobo pobom poboch pobont pober
imperative pob, poba pobed pobwn pobwch pobent pober
verbal noun pobi
verbal adjectives pobedig
pobadwy
Conjugation (colloquial)
inflected
colloquial forms
singular plural
first second third first second third
future poba i,
pobaf i
pobi di pobith o/e/hi,
pobiff e/hi
pobwn ni pobwch chi poban nhw
conditional pobwn i,
pobswn i
pobet ti,
pobset ti
pobai fo/fe/hi,
pobsai fo/fe/hi
poben ni,
pobsen ni
pobech chi,
pobsech chi
poben nhw,
pobsen nhw
preterite pobais i,
pobes i
pobaist ti,
pobest ti
pobodd o/e/hi pobon ni poboch chi pobon nhw
imperative poba pobwch

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

Derived terms

  • pobiaid (batch)
  • pobydd (bakery)
  • popty (oven)

Mutation

Mutated forms of pobi
radical soft nasal aspirate
pobi bobi mhobi phobi

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), “pobi”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies