heboca

Welsh

Etymology

From hebog (“hawk”) +‎ -a.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /hɛˈbɔka/
  • Rhymes: -ɔka

Verb

heboca (first-person singular present hebocaf, not mutable)

  1. to hawk, to hunt with a hawk

Conjugation
Conjugation (literary)
singular plural impersonal
first second third first second third
present indicative/future hebocaf heboci heboca hebocwn hebocwch hebocant hebocir
imperfect (indicative/subjunctive)/
conditional		 hebocwn hebocit hebocai hebocem hebocech hebocent hebocid
preterite hebocais hebocaist hebocodd hebocasom hebocasoch hebocasant hebocwyd
pluperfect hebocaswn hebocasit hebocasai hebocasem hebocasech hebocasent hebocasid, hebocesid
present subjunctive hebocwyf hebocych heboco hebocom hebococh hebocont hebocer
imperative — heboca heboced hebocwn hebocwch hebocent hebocer
verbal noun heboca
verbal adjectives hebocedig
hebocadwy
Conjugation (colloquial)
Inflected colloquial forms singular plural
first second third first second third
future heboca i, hebocaf i heboci di hebocith o/e/hi, hebociff e/hi hebocwn ni hebocwch chi hebocan nhw
conditional hebocwn i, hebocswn i hebocet ti, hebocset ti hebocai fo/fe/hi, hebocsai fo/fe/hi hebocen ni, hebocsen ni hebocech chi, hebocsech chi hebocen nhw, hebocsen nhw
preterite hebocais i, heboces i hebocaist ti, hebocest ti hebocodd o/e/hi hebocon ni hebococh chi hebocon nhw
imperative — heboca — — hebocwch —
Note: All other forms are periphrastic, as usual in colloquial Welsh.

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