peidio
Welsh
Etymology
From Proto-Brythonic *pat- from Proto-Indo-European *kʷyeh₁- (“to rest”), with the suffix -io.[1]
Pronunciation
- (North Wales, standard) IPA(key): /ˈpei̯djɔ/
- (South Wales, standard) IPA(key): /ˈpei̯djɔ/
- (South Wales, colloquial) IPA(key): /ˈpei̯dɔ/, /ˈpiːdɔ/
- Rhymes: -ei̯djɔ
Verb
peidio (first-person singular present peidiaf)
Usage notes
The imperative of this verb is used with â/ag plus verbal noun to form a negative imperative, for example:
- Paid â mynd yn rhy feddw. ― Don't get too drunk. (literally, “Refrain from getting too drunk.”)
- Peidiwch â phoeni am hynny. ― Don't worry about that.
- Paid ag aros amdanaf i. ― Don't wait for me.
Other tenses of the verb can also be used to form a negative of a verbal noun:
- Rydw i'n mwynhau peidio â gweithio ar ddydd Sadwrn. ― I enjoy not working on Saturdays.
- Rhaid i chi beidio ag edrych yn syth ar yr haul. ― You must not look directly at the sun.
Conjugation
Conjugation (literary)
singular | plural | impersonal | ||||||
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first | second | third | first | second | third | |||
present indicative/future | peidiaf | peidi | paid | peidiwn | peidiwch | peidiant | peidir | |
imperfect (indicative/subjunctive)/conditional | peidiwn | peidit | peidiai | peidiem | peidiech | peidient | peidid | |
preterite | peidiais | peidiaist | peidiodd | peidiasom | peidiasoch | peidiasant | peidiwyd | |
pluperfect | peidiaswn | peidiasit | peidiasai | peidiasem | peidiasech | peidiasent | peidiasid, peidiesid | |
present subjunctive | peidiwyf | peidiech | peidio | peidiom | peidioch | peidiont | peidier | |
imperative | — | paid | peidied | peidiwn | peidiwch | peidient | peidier | |
verbal noun | ||||||||
verbal adjectives | peidiedig peidiadwy |
inflected colloquial forms |
singular | plural | ||||
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first | second | third | first | second | third | |
future | peidia i, peidiaf i |
peidi di | peidith o/e/hi, peidiff e/hi |
peidiwn ni | peidiwch chi | peidian nhw |
conditional | peidiwn i, peidswn i |
peidiet ti, peidset ti |
peidiai fo/fe/hi, peidsai fo/fe/hi |
peidien ni, peidsen ni |
peidiech chi, peidsech chi |
peidien nhw, peidsen nhw |
preterite | peidiais i, peidies i |
peidiaist ti, peidiest ti |
peidiodd o/e/hi | peidion ni | peidioch chi | peidion nhw |
imperative | — | paid | — | — | peidiwch | — |
Note: All other forms are periphrastic, as usual in colloquial Welsh.
Derived terms
- neu beidio? (“or not?”)
Mutation
radical | soft | nasal | aspirate |
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peidio | beidio | mheidio | pheidio |
Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Welsh.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.
References
- ^ Morris Jones, John (1913) A Welsh Grammar, Historical and Comparative, Oxford: Clarendon Press, § 201 iii (6)
Further reading
- R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke et al., editors (1950–present), “peidiaf”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies