glawio

Welsh

Etymology

From glaw (rain) +‎ -io.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈɡlau̯jɔ/
  • Rhymes: -au̯jɔ

Verb

glawio (first-person singular present glawiaf)

  1. (intransitive) to rain, fall as rain, fall in a shower (or showers) from above
  2. (transitive) to rain, cause to rain, send down as rain

Conjugation

Conjugation (colloquial)
inflected
colloquial forms
singular plural
first second third first second third
future glawia i,
glawiaf i
glawi di glawith o/e/hi,
glawiff e/hi
glawiwn ni glawiwch chi glawian nhw
conditional glawiwn i,
glawswn i
glawiet ti,
glawset ti
glawiai fo/fe/hi,
glawsai fo/fe/hi
glawien ni,
glawsen ni
glawiech chi,
glawsech chi
glawien nhw,
glawsen nhw
preterite glawiais i,
glawies i
glawiaist ti,
glawiest ti
glawiodd o/e/hi glawion ni glawioch chi glawion nhw
imperative glawia glawiwch

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

Synonyms

Mutation

Mutated forms of glawio
radical soft nasal aspirate
glawio lawio nglawio unchanged

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

References

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