paffio

paffio

Welsh

Etymology

From paff (“thwack, thump”) +‎ -io.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈpafjɔ/

Verb

paffio (first-person singular present paffiaf)

1. (intransitive, sports) to box

   Synonyms: bocsio, cwffio

Conjugation

Conjugation (literary)

	singular			plural			impersonal
	first	second	third	first	second	third
present indicative/future	paffiaf	paffi	paffia	paffiwn	paffiwch	paffiant	paffir
imperfect (indicative/subjunctive)/conditional	paffiwn	paffit	paffiai	paffiem	paffiech	paffient	paffid
preterite	paffiais	paffiaist	paffiodd	paffiasom	paffiasoch	paffiasant	paffiwyd
pluperfect	paffiaswn	paffiasit	paffiasai	paffiasem	paffiasech	paffiasent	paffiasid, paffiesid
present subjunctive	paffiwyf	paffiech	paffio	paffiom	paffioch	paffiont	paffier
imperative	—	paffia	paffied	paffiwn	paffiwch	paffient	paffier
verbal noun	paffio
verbal adjectives	paffiedig paffiadwy

Conjugation (colloquial)

Inflected colloquial forms	singular			plural
	first	second	third	first	second	third
future	paffia i, paffiaf i	paffi di	paffith o/e/hi, paffiff e/hi	paffiwn ni	paffiwch chi	paffian nhw
conditional	paffiwn i, paffiswn i	paffiet ti, paffiset ti	paffiai fo/fe/hi, paffisai fo/fe/hi	paffien ni, paffisen ni	paffiech chi, paffisech chi	paffien nhw, paffisen nhw
preterite	paffiais i, paffies i	paffiaist ti, paffiest ti	paffiodd o/e/hi	paffion ni	paffioch chi	paffion nhw
imperative	—	paffia	—	—	paffiwch	—
Note: All other forms are periphrastic, as usual in colloquial Welsh.

Derived terms

• paffiwr (“boxer”)

Mutation

Welsh mutation
radical	soft	nasal	aspirate
paffio	baffio	mhaffio	phaffio
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

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