switsio

Welsh

Etymology

From switsh (“switch”) +‎ -o.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈswɪtʃɔ/

Verb

switsio (first-person singular present switsiaf, not mutable)

  1. to switch (to use a switch)
  2. (colloquial) to switch (to exchange)
    Synonyms: cyfnewid, newid

Conjugation

Conjugation (literary)
singular plural impersonal
first second third first second third
present indicative/future switsiaf switshi switsia switsiwn switsiwch switsiant switshir
imperfect (indicative/subjunctive)/conditional switsiwn switshit switsiai switsiem switsiech switsient switshid
preterite switsiais switsiaist switsiodd switsiasom switsiasoch switsiasant switsiwyd
pluperfect switsiaswn switsiasit switsiasai switsiasem switsiasech switsiasent switsiasid, switsiesid
present subjunctive switsiwyf switsiech switsio switsiom switsioch switsiont switsier
imperative — switsia switsied switsiwn switsiwch switsient switsier
verbal noun
verbal adjectives switsiedig
switsiadwy
Conjugation (colloquial)
inflected
colloquial forms 		singular plural
first second third first second third
future switsia i,
switsiaf i 		switshi di switshith o/e/hi,
switshiff o/e/hi 		switsiwn ni switsiwch chi switsian nhw
conditional switsiwn i switsiet ti switsiai fo/fe/hi switsien ni switsiech chi switsien nhw
preterite switsiais i,
switsies i 		switsiaist ti,
switsiest ti 		switsiodd o/e/hi switsion ni switsioch chi switsion nhw
imperative — switsia — — switsiwch —

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

Further reading

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