eisiau

Welsh

Alternative forms

  • isio (North Wales)
  • isie (South Wales)

Etymology

From Middle Welsh eisseu, from Proto-Brythonic *eisɨɣu, borrowed from Latin exiguus (“having required”).

Pronunciation

  • (North Wales, standard) IPA(key): /ˈei̯ʃaɨ̯/
  • (South Wales, standard) IPA(key): /ˈei̯sjai̯/, /ˈei̯ʃai̯/
    • (South Wales, colloquial) IPA(key): /ˈiːʃɛ/, /ˈɪʃɛ/, /ˈiːsɛ/, /ˈɪsɛ/
  • Rhymes: -ei̯sjaɨ̯

Noun

eisiau m (uncountable)

  1. (with bod and a preceding subject; functioning as a verbnoun) want
    Dw i eisiau diod.
    I want a drink.
    Dw i eisiau yfed.
    I want to drink.
    Mae hi eisiau diod hefyd.
    She wants a drink too.
  2. (with bod, a noun, pronoun or numeral and the preposition ar) need
    Mae eisiau diod arna i.
    I need a drink.
    Mae eisiau diod arni hi hefyd.
    She needs a drink too.
  3. (with bod and an i-content clause) need
    Mae eisiau i mi yfed.
    I need to drink.
  4. (literary) want (with bod and preposition ar)
    • 1588, Y Beibl cyssegr-lan, Salm 23:1:
      Yr Arglwydd yw fy Mugail; ni bydd eisiau arnaf.
      The Lord is my shepherd; I shall not want.

Usage notes

  • In sense 1, because eisiau is a noun, it does not use yn with bod and has no stem, meaning it must be used periphrastically. See angen (“need”) and ofn (“be afraid of”) for similar examples.

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Mutation

Mutated forms of eisiau
radical soft nasal h-prothesis
eisiau unchanged unchanged heisiau

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

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