ffoi
See also: ffôi
Welsh
Etymology
From ffo (“flight”) (from Latin fuga) + -i.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /fɔi̯/
- Rhymes: -ɔi̯
Verb
ffoi (first-person singular present ffoaf, not mutable)
- to flee
Conjugation
Conjugation (literary)
| singular | plural | impersonal | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| first | second | third | first | second | third | |||
| present indicative/future | ffoaf | ffoi | ffy, ffoa | ffown | ffowch | ffoant | ffoir | |
| imperfect (indicative/subjunctive)/ conditional | ffown | ffoit | ffôi | ffoem | ffoech | ffoent | ffoid | |
| preterite | ffois, ffoais | ffoist | ffodd, ffoes | ffoesom | ffoesoch | ffoesant | ffowyd, ffoed | |
| pluperfect | ffoeswn | ffoesit | ffoesai | ffoesem | ffoesech | ffoesent | ffoesid | |
| present subjunctive | ffowyf | ffoych | ffo | ffôm | ffôch | ffônt | ffoer | |
| imperative | — | ffo, ffoa | ffoed | ffown | ffowch | ffoent | ffoer | |
| verbal noun | ffoi | |||||||
| verbal adjectives | ffoëdig ffoadwy | |||||||
Conjugation (colloquial)
| Inflected colloquial forms | singular | plural | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| first | second | third | first | second | third | |
| future | ffoa i, ffoaf i | ffoi di | ffoith o/e/hi, ffoiff e/hi | ffown ni | ffowch chi | ffoan nhw |
| conditional | ffown i, ffoswn i | ffoet ti, ffoset ti | ffoai fo/fe/hi, ffosai fo/fe/hi | ffoen ni, ffosen ni | ffoech chi, ffosech chi | ffoen nhw, ffosen nhw |
| preterite | ffoais i, ffoes i | ffoaist ti, ffoest ti | ffodd o/e/hi | ffôn ni | ffôch chi | ffôn nhw |
| imperative | — | ffoa | — | — | ffowch | — |
| Note: All other forms are periphrastic, as usual in colloquial Welsh. | ||||||
Derived terms
- yr euog a ffy heb neb yn ei erlid
Further reading
- R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke et al., editors (1950–present), “ffoi”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies