cipio

Welsh

Etymology

Borrowed from Middle English kippen (“to take hold of, snatch”), whence English kip.[1]

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈkɪpjɔ/

Verb

cipio (first-person singular present cipiaf)

  1. to snatch, grab
  2. to abduct

Conjugation
Conjugation (literary)
singular plural impersonal
first second third first second third
present indicative/future cipiaf cipi cipia cipiwn cipiwch cipiant cipir
imperfect (indicative/subjunctive)/conditional cipiwn cipit cipiai cipiem cipiech cipient cipid
preterite cipiais cipiaist cipiodd cipiasom cipiasoch cipiasant cipiwyd
pluperfect cipiaswn cipiasit cipiasai cipiasem cipiasech cipiasent cipiasid, cipiesid
present subjunctive cipiwyf cipiech cipio cipiom cipioch cipiont cipier
imperative — cipia cipied cipiwn cipiwch cipient cipier
verbal noun cipio
verbal adjectives cipiedig
cipiadwy
Conjugation (colloquial)
Inflected colloquial forms singular plural
first second third first second third
future cipia i, cipiaf i cipi di cipith o/e/hi, cipiff e/hi cipiwn ni cipiwch chi cipian nhw
conditional cipiwn i, cipswn i cipiet ti, cipset ti cipiai fo/fe/hi, cipsai fo/fe/hi cipien ni, cipsen ni cipiech chi, cipsech chi cipien nhw, cipsen nhw
preterite cipiais i, cipies i cipiaist ti, cipiest ti cipiodd o/e/hi cipion ni cipioch chi cipion nhw
imperative — cipia — — cipiwch —
Note: All other forms are periphrastic, as usual in colloquial Welsh.

Mutation
Welsh mutation
radical soft nasal aspirate
cipio gipio nghipio chipio
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

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