dawnsio
Welsh
Alternative forms
- dawnsian
- dawnso
Etymology
From dawns (“dance”) + -io.
Pronunciation
- (North Wales) IPA(key): /ˈdau̯nʃɔ/
- (South Wales) IPA(key): /ˈdau̯nsjɔ/, /ˈdau̯nʃɔ/
Verb
dawnsio (first-person singular present dawnsiaf)
- to dance
- Mae Siân yn dawnsio gyda Siôn. ― Siân is dancing with Siôn.
- to perform a particular dance
- (of a horse) to trot, frisk (about), skip, caper
- to sparkle, quiver
- to jump about wildly with joy or anger
Conjugation
Conjugation (literary)
| singular | plural | impersonal | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| first | second | third | first | second | third | |||
| present indicative/future | dawnsiaf | dawnsi | dawnsia | dawnsiwn | dawnsiwch | dawnsiant | dawnsir | |
| imperfect (indicative/subjunctive)/conditional | dawnsiwn | dawnsit | dawnsiai | dawnsiem | dawnsiech | dawnsient | dawnsid | |
| preterite | dawnsiais | dawnsiaist | dawnsiodd | dawnsiasom | dawnsiasoch | dawnsiasant | dawnsiwyd | |
| pluperfect | dawnsiaswn | dawnsiasit | dawnsiasai | dawnsiasem | dawnsiasech | dawnsiasent | dawnsiasid, dawnsiesid | |
| present subjunctive | dawnsiwyf | dawnsiech | dawnsio | dawnsiom | dawnsioch | dawnsiont | dawnsier | |
| imperative | — | -verbadj1=none, dawnsia | dawnsied | dawnsiwn | dawnsiwch | dawnsient | dawnsier | |
| verbal noun | dawnsio | |||||||
| verbal adjectives | dawnsiedig — | |||||||
Conjugation (colloquial)
| Inflected colloquial forms | singular | plural | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| first | second | third | first | second | third | |
| future | dawnsia i, dawnsiaf i | dawnsi di | dawnsith o/e/hi, dawnsiff e/hi | dawnsiwn ni | dawnsiwch chi | dawnsian nhw |
| conditional | dawnsiwn i, dawnsiswn i | dawnsiet ti, dawnsiset ti | dawnsiai fo/fe/hi, dawnsisai fo/fe/hi | dawnsien ni, dawnsisen ni | dawnsiech chi, dawnsisech chi | dawnsien nhw, dawnsisen nhw |
| preterite | dawnsiais i, dawnsies i | dawnsiaist ti, dawnsiest ti | dawnsiodd o/e/hi | dawnsion ni | dawnsioch chi | dawnsion nhw |
| imperative | — | dawnsia | — | — | dawnsiwch | — |
| Note: All other forms are periphrastic, as usual in colloquial Welsh. | ||||||
Mutation
| Welsh mutation | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| radical | soft | nasal | aspirate |
| dawnsio | ddawnsio | nawnsio | unchanged |
| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. | |||
References
- Angharad Fychan and Ann Parry Owen, editors (2014), “dawnsiaf”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies