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)
Conjugation
Conjugation (literary)
singular | plural | impersonal | ||||||
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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 | ||||
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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
- 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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