gohirio

Welsh

Etymology

From gohir (“delay”) +‎ -io, from go- (“sub-”) +‎ hir (“long”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ɡɔˈhɪrjɔ/
  • Rhymes: -ɪrjɔ

Verb

gohirio (first-person singular present gohiriaf)

  1. to postpone, to prolong
    Synonyms: oedi, ymdroi, tario, hwyhau

Conjugation

Conjugation (literary)
singular plural impersonal
first second third first second third
present indicative/future gohiriaf gohiri gohiria gohiriwn gohiriwch gohiriant gohirir
imperfect (indicative/subjunctive)/conditional gohiriwn gohirit gohiriai gohiriem gohiriech gohirient gohirid
preterite gohiriais gohiriaist gohiriodd gohiriasom gohiriasoch gohiriasant gohiriwyd
pluperfect gohiriaswn gohiriasit gohiriasai gohiriasem gohiriasech gohiriasent gohiriasid, gohiriesid
present subjunctive gohiriwyf gohiriech gohirio gohiriom gohirioch gohiriont gohirier
imperative — gohiria gohiried gohiriwn gohiriwch gohirient gohirier
verbal noun
verbal adjectives gohiriedig
gohiriadwy
Conjugation (colloquial)
inflected
colloquial forms 		singular plural
first second third first second third
future gohiria i,
gohiriaf i 		gohiri di gohirith o/e/hi,
gohiriff e/hi 		gohiriwn ni gohiriwch chi gohirian nhw
conditional gohiriwn i,
gohirswn i 		gohiriet ti,
gohirset ti 		gohir fo/fe/hi,
gohirsai fo/fe/hi 		gohirien ni,
gohirsen ni 		gohiriech chi,
gohirsech chi 		gohirien nhw,
gohirsen nhw
preterite gohiriais i,
gohiries i 		gohiriaist ti,
gohiriest ti 		gohiriodd o/e/hi gohirion ni gohirioch chi gohirion nhw
imperative — gohiria — — gohiriwch —

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

Derived terms

  • gohiriad, gohiriant (“postponement”)

Mutation

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