pobi

Welsh

Etymology

From Middle Welsh poby, from Proto-Brythonic *pobɨd, from Proto-Celtic *kʷokʷeti, from Proto-Indo-European *pékʷeti (“to cook”).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈpɔbi/

Verb

pobi (first-person singular present pobaf)

  1. (transitive) to bake, to roast
  2. (intransitive) to roast, become feverish

Conjugation
Conjugation (literary)
singular plural impersonal
first second third first second third
present indicative/future pobaf pobi pob, poba pobwn pobwch pobant pobir
imperfect (indicative/subjunctive)/
conditional		 pobwn pobit pobai pobem pobech pobent pobid
preterite pobais pobaist pobodd pobasom pobasoch pobasant pobwyd
pluperfect pobaswn pobasit pobasai pobasem pobasech pobasent pobasid, pobesid
present subjunctive pobwyf pobych pobo pobom poboch pobont pober
imperative — pob, poba pobed pobwn pobwch pobent pober
verbal noun pobi
verbal adjectives pobedig
pobadwy
Conjugation (colloquial)
Inflected colloquial forms singular plural
first second third first second third
future poba i, pobaf i pobi di pobith o/e/hi, pobiff e/hi pobwn ni pobwch chi poban nhw
conditional pobwn i, pobswn i pobet ti, pobset ti pobai fo/fe/hi, pobsai fo/fe/hi poben ni, pobsen ni pobech chi, pobsech chi poben nhw, pobsen nhw
preterite pobais i, pobes i pobaist ti, pobest ti pobodd o/e/hi pobon ni poboch chi pobon nhw
imperative — poba — — pobwch —
Note: All other forms are periphrastic, as usual in colloquial Welsh.

Derived terms
  • pobiaid (“batch”)
  • popty (“oven”)

Mutation
Welsh mutation
radical soft nasal aspirate
pobi bobi mhobi phobi
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

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