crychneidio

Welsh

Etymology

crychnaid (leap, bound) +‎ -io.

Pronunciation

  • (North Wales) IPA(key): /ˌkrəχˈnei̯djɔ/
  • (South Wales, standard, colloquial) IPA(key): /ˌkrəχˈnei̯djɔ/
    • (South Wales, colloquial) IPA(key): /ˌkrəχˈnei̯dɔ/, /ˌkrəχˈniːdɔ/

Verb

crychneidio (first-person singular present crychneidiaf)

  1. to caper, to skip, to caper
    Synonyms: dychlamu, sboncio, prancio, moelystota, rhampio

Conjugation

Conjugation (colloquial)
inflected
colloquial forms
singular plural
first second third first second third
future crychneidia i,
crychneidiaf i
crychneidi di crychneidith o/e/hi,
crychneidiff e/hi
crychneidiwn ni crychneidiwch chi crychneidian nhw
conditional crychneidiwn i,
crychneidswn i
crychneidiet ti,
crychneidset ti
crychneidiai fo/fe/hi,
crychneidsai fo/fe/hi
crychneidien ni,
crychneidsen ni
crychneidiech chi,
crychneidsech chi
crychneidien nhw,
crychneidse nhw
preterite crychneidiais i,
crychneidies i
crychneidiaist ti,
crychneidiest ti
crychneidiodd o/e/hi crychneidion ni crychneidioch chi crychneidion nhw
imperative crychneidia crychneidiwch

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

Mutation

Mutated forms of crychneidio
radical soft nasal aspirate
crychneidio grychneidio nghrychneidio chrychneidio

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

Further reading

  • D. G. Lewis, N. Lewis, editors (2005–present), “crychneidio”, in Gweiadur: the Welsh–English Dictionary, Gwerin
  • R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke et al., editors (1950–present), “crychneidio”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies