sôn

See also: Appendix:Variations of "son"

Welsh

Etymology

From Middle Welsh son, from Proto-Brythonic *son from Latin sonus (“sound; speech”).[1]

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /soːn/
  • Rhymes: -oːn

Verb

sôn (first-person singular present soniaf, not mutable)

  1. to talk
  2. (with preposition am) to mention, to talk about
    Peidiwch â sôn.
    Don't mention it.

Conjugation
Conjugation (literary)
singular plural impersonal
first second third first second third
present indicative/future soniaf soni sonia soniwn soniwch soniant sonir
imperfect (indicative/subjunctive)/conditional soniwn sonit soniai soniem soniech sonient sonid
preterite soniais soniaist soniodd soniasom soniasoch soniasant soniwyd
pluperfect soniaswn soniasit soniasai soniasem soniasech soniasent soniasid, soniesid
present subjunctive soniwyf soniech sonio soniom sonioch soniont sonier
imperative — sonia sonied soniwn soniwch sonient sonier
verbal noun sôn
verbal adjectives soniedig
soniadwy
Conjugation (colloquial)
Inflected colloquial forms singular plural
first second third first second third
future sonia i, soniaf i soni di sonith o/e/hi, soniff e/hi soniwn ni soniwch chi sonian nhw
conditional soniwn i, sonswn i soniet ti, sonset ti soniai fo/fe/hi, sonsai fo/fe/hi sonien ni, sonsen ni soniech chi, sonsech chi sonien nhw, sonsen nhw
preterite soniais i, sonies i soniaist ti, soniest ti soniodd o/e/hi sonion ni sonioch chi sonion nhw
imperative — sonia — — soniwch —
Note: All other forms are periphrastic, as usual in colloquial Welsh.

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