peintio

Welsh

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Middle English peinten (or possibly Old French peintier) + -io.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈpei̯ntjɔ/

Verb

peintio (first-person singular present peintiaf)

  1. (transitive or intransitive) to paint
    Ledled Cymru, mae pobl wedi peintio ymatebion sy’n cynnwys y geiriau “Cofiwch Dryweryn” er mwyn mynegi eu hanghymeradwyaeth i'r fandaliaeth.
    In response, people across Wales have painted the words "Cofiwch Dryweryn" (Remember Tryweryn) in order to express their disapproval of the vandalism.

Conjugation

Conjugation (colloquial)
inflected
colloquial forms
singular plural
first second third first second third
future peintia i,
peintiaf i
peinti di peintith o/e/hi,
peintiff e/hi
peintiwn ni peintiwch chi peintian nhw
conditional peintiwn i,
peintswn i
peintiet ti,
peintset ti
peintiai fo/fe/hi,
peintsai fo/fe/hi
peintien ni,
peintsen ni
peintiech chi,
peintsech chi
peintien nhw,
peintsen nhw
preterite peintiais i,
peinties i
peintiaist ti,
peintiest ti
peintiodd o/e/hi peintion ni peintioch chi peintion nhw
imperative peintia peintiwch

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

Derived terms

Mutation

Mutated forms of peintio
radical soft nasal aspirate
peintio beintio mheintio pheintio

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

Further reading

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