ymffrostio

Welsh

Etymology

ym- +‎ ffrost (boast) +‎ -io,[1] ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *sper- (to scatter)[2] [whence English spread, Ancient Greek σπείρω (speírō, sow)].

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /əmˈfrɔsdjɔ/, [əmˈfrɔstjɔ]

Verb

ymffrostio (first-person singular present ymffrostiaf)

  1. to boast

Conjugation

Conjugation (colloquial)
inflected
colloquial forms
singular plural
first second third first second third
future ymffrostia i,
ymffrostiaf i
ymffrosti di ymffrostith o/e/hi,
ymffrostiff e/hi
ymffrostiwn ni ymffrostiwch chi ymffrostian nhw
conditional ymffrostiwn i,
ymffrostswn i
ymffrostiet ti,
ymffrostset ti
ymffrostiai fo/fe/hi,
ymffrostsai fo/fe/hi
ymffrostien ni,
ymffrostsen ni
ymffrostiech chi,
ymffrostsech chi
ymffrostien nhw,
ymffrostsen nhw
preterite ymffrostiais i,
ymffrosties i
ymffrostiaist ti,
ymffrostiest ti
ymffrostiodd o/e/hi ymffrostion ni ymffrostioch chi ymffrostion nhw
imperative ymffrostia ymffrostiwch

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

Mutation

Mutated forms of ymffrostio
radical soft nasal h-prothesis
ymffrostio unchanged unchanged hymffrostio

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

References

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