ymgeisio

Welsh

Etymology

From ym- +‎ ceisio.

Pronunciation

Verb

ymgeisio (first-person singular present ymgeisiaf)

  1. to attempt, to try
  2. to apply [with am ‘for something’]

Conjugation

Conjugation (literary)
singular plural impersonal
first second third first second third
present indicative/future ymgeisiaf ymgeisi ymgeisia ymgeisiwn ymgeisiwch ymgeisiant ymgeisir
imperfect (indicative/subjunctive)/conditional ymgeisiwn ymgeisit ymgeisiai ymgeisiem ymgeisiech ymgeisient ymgeisid
preterite ymgeisiais ymgeisiaist ymgeisiodd ymgeisiasom ymgeisiasoch ymgeisiasant ymgeisiwyd
pluperfect ymgeisiaswn ymgeisiasit ymgeisiasai ymgeisiasem ymgeisiasech ymgeisiasent ymgeisiasid, ymgeisiesid
present subjunctive ymgeisiwyf ymgeisiech ymgeisio ymgeisiom ymgeisioch ymgeisiont ymgeisier
imperative — ymgeisia ymgeisied ymgeisiwn ymgeisiwch ymgeisient ymgeisier
verbal noun
verbal adjectives ymgeisiedig
ymgeisiadwy
Conjugation (colloquial)
inflected
colloquial forms 		singular plural
first second third first second third
future ymgeisia i,
ymgeisiaf i 		ymgeisi di ymgeisith o/e/hi,
ymgeisiff e/hi 		ymgeisiwn ni ymgeisiwch chi ymgeisian nhw
conditional ymgeisiwn i,
ymgeisiswn i 		ymgeisiet ti,
ymgeisiset ti 		ymgeisiai fo/fe/hi,
ymgeisisai fo/fe/hi 		ymgeisien ni,
ymgeisisen ni 		ymgeisiech chi,
ymgeisisech chi 		ymgeisien nhw,
ymgeisisen nhw
preterite ymgeisiais i,
ymgeisies i 		ymgeisiaist ti,
ymgeisiest ti 		ymgeisiodd o/e/hi ymgeision ni ymgeisioch chi ymgeision nhw
imperative — ymgeisia — — ymgeisiwch —

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

Derived terms

Mutation

Mutated forms of ymgeisio
radical soft nasal h-prothesis
ymgeisio unchanged unchanged hymgeisio

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