adfeilio

Welsh

Etymology

ad- +‎ an unclear root *bal +‎ -io, possibly related to ball (“pestilence, destruction”).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /adˈvei̯ljɔ/

Verb

adfeilio (first-person singular present adfeiliaf)

  1. to fall down, to become a ruin, to go to ruin

Conjugation
Conjugation (literary)
singular plural impersonal
first second third first second third
present indicative/future adfeiliaf adfeili adfeilia adfeiliwn adfeiliwch adfeiliant adfeilir
imperfect (indicative/subjunctive)/conditional adfeiliwn adfeilit adfeiliai adfeiliem adfeiliech adfeilient adfeilid
preterite adfeiliais adfeiliaist adfeiliodd adfeiliasom adfeiliasoch adfeiliasant adfeiliwyd
pluperfect adfeiliaswn adfeiliasit adfeiliasai adfeiliasem adfeiliasech adfeiliasent adfeiliasid, adfeiliesid
present subjunctive adfeiliwyf adfeiliech adfeilio adfeiliom adfeilioch adfeiliont adfeilier
imperative — adfeilia adfeilied adfeiliwn adfeiliwch adfeilient adfeilier
verbal noun adfeilio
verbal adjectives adfeiliedig, adfeiledig
adfeiliadwy, adfeiladwy
Conjugation (colloquial)
Inflected colloquial forms singular plural
first second third first second third
future adfeilia i, adfeiliaf i adfeili di adfeilith o/e/hi, adfeiliff e/hi adfeiliwn ni adfeiliwch chi adfeilian nhw
conditional adfeiliwn i, adfeilswn i adfeiliet ti, adfeilset ti adfeiliai fo/fe/hi, adfeilsai fo/fe/hi adfeilien ni, adfeilsen ni adfeiliech chi, adfeilsech chi adfeilien nhw, adfeilsen nhw
preterite adfeiliais i, adfeilies i adfeiliaist ti, adfeiliest ti adfeiliodd o/e/hi adfeilion ni adfeilioch chi adfeilion nhw
imperative — adfeilia — — adfeiliwch —
Note: All other forms are periphrastic, as usual in colloquial Welsh.

Derived terms

Mutation
Welsh mutation
radical soft nasal h-prothesis
adfeilio unchanged unchanged hadfeilio
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

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