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)

  1. (intransitive) to cease, stop, refrain

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 (colloquial)
inflected
colloquial forms
singular plural
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

Mutation

Mutated forms of peidio
radical soft nasal aspirate
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

  1. ^ 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