geingio

Welsh

Etymology

gaing (“chisel”) +‎ -io.

Pronunciation

Verb

geingio (first-person singular present geingiaf)

  1. (South Wales) to chisel
    Synonym: (North Wales) cynio
  2. to wedge
    Synonym: lletemu

Conjugation

Conjugation (literary)
singular plural impersonal
first second third first second third
present indicative/future geingiaf geingi geingi, geingia geingiwn geingiwch geingiant geingir
imperfect (indicative/subjunctive)/conditional geingiwn geingit geingiai geingiem geingiech geingient geingid
preterite geingiais geingiaist geingiodd geingiasom geingiasoch geingiasant geingiwyd
pluperfect geingiaswn geingiasit geingiasai geingiasem geingiasech geingiasent geingiasid, geingiesid
present subjunctive geingiwyf geingiech geingio geingiom geingioch geingiont geingier
imperative — geingi, geingia geingied geingiwn geingiwch geingient geingier
verbal noun
verbal adjectives geingiedig
geingiadwy
Conjugation (colloquial)
inflected
colloquial forms 		singular plural
first second third first second third
future geingia i,
geingiaf i 		geingi di geingith o/e/hi,
geingiff e/hi 		geingiwn ni geingiwch chi geingian nhw
conditional geingiwn i,
geingswn i 		geingiet ti,
geingset ti 		geingiai fo/fe/hi,
geingsai fo/fe/hi 		geingien ni,
geingsen ni 		geingiech chi,
geingsech chi 		geingien nhw,
geingsen nhw
preterite geingiais i,
geingies i 		geingiaist ti,
geingiest ti 		geingiodd o/e/hi geingion ni geingioch chi geingion nhw
imperative — geingia — — geingiwch —

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

Mutation

Mutated forms of geingio
radical soft nasal aspirate
geingio eingio ngeingio unchanged

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