eiriol
Welsh
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈei̯rjɔl/
Etymology 1
From ar- + iawl (“prayer, supplication”).
Verb
eiriol (first-person singular present eiriolaf)
- to intercede, to plead
Conjugation
Conjugation (literary)
| singular | plural | impersonal | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| first | second | third | first | second | third | |||
| present indicative/future | eiriolaf | eirioli | eiriol | eiriolwn | eiriolwch | eiriolant | eiriolir | |
| imperfect (indicative/subjunctive)/ conditional | eiriolwn | eiriolit | eiriolai | eiriolem | eiriolech | eiriolent | eiriolid | |
| preterite | eiriolais | eiriolaist | eiriolodd | eiriolasom | eiriolasoch | eiriolasant | eiriolwyd | |
| pluperfect | eiriolaswn | eiriolasit | eiriolasai | eiriolasem | eiriolasech | eiriolasent | eiriolasid, eiriolesid | |
| present subjunctive | eiriolwyf | eiriolych | eiriolo | eiriolom | eirioloch | eiriolont | eirioler | |
| imperative | — | eiriol, eiriola | eirioled | eiriolwn | eiriolwch | eiriolent | eirioler | |
| verbal noun | eiriol | |||||||
| verbal adjectives | eirioledig eirioladwy | |||||||
Conjugation (colloquial)
| Inflected colloquial forms | singular | plural | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| first | second | third | first | second | third | |
| future | eiriola i, eiriolaf i | eirioli di | eiriolith o/e/hi, eirioliff e/hi | eiriolwn ni | eiriolwch chi | eiriolan nhw |
| conditional | eiriolwn i, eiriolswn i | eiriolet ti, eiriolset ti | eiriolai fo/fe/hi, eiriolsai fo/fe/hi | eiriolen ni, eiriolsen ni | eiriolech chi, eiriolsech chi | eiriolen nhw, eiriolsen nhw |
| preterite | eiriolais i, eirioles i | eiriolaist ti, eiriolest ti | eiriolodd o/e/hi | eiriolon ni | eirioloch chi | eiriolon nhw |
| imperative | — | eiriola | — | — | eiriolwch | — |
| Note: All other forms are periphrastic, as usual in colloquial Welsh. | ||||||
Derived terms
- eiriolaeth (“intercession, pleading”)
- eiriolwr (“intercessor, pleader, advocate”)
Etymology 2
From eira (“snow”) + -ol.
Adjective
eiriol (feminine singular eiriol, plural eiriol, equative cyn eiriol, comparative mwy eiriol, superlative mwyaf eiriol)
- snowy, snow white
- Synonyms: eiriog, odlyd
Noun
eiriol m (uncountable)
- snowdrop
- Synonyms: blodyn yr eira, cloch baban, cloch maban, eirlys, lili fach wen, lili wen fach, prydferth ôd, tlws yr eira
Mutation
| Welsh mutation | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| radical | soft | nasal | h-prothesis |
| eiriol | unchanged | unchanged | heiriol |
| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. | |||