tisian
Welsh
Alternative forms
- twsian, tisio (South-East)
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈtɪʃan/
- Rhymes: -ɪʃan
Verb
tisian (first-person singular present tisiaf)
- (intransitive) sneeze
Conjugation
Conjugation (literary)
| singular | plural | impersonal | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| first | second | third | first | second | third | |||
| present indicative/future | tisiaf | tisi | tisia | tisiwn | tisiwch | tisiant | tisir | |
| imperfect (indicative/subjunctive)/conditional | tisiwn | tisit | tisiai | tisiem | tisiech | tisient | tisid | |
| preterite | tisiais | tisiaist | tisiodd | tisiasom | tisiasoch | tisiasant | tisiwyd | |
| pluperfect | tisiaswn | tisiasit | tisiasai | tisiasem | tisiasech | tisiasent | tisiasid, tisiesid | |
| present subjunctive | tisiwyf | tisiech | tisio | tisiom | tisioch | tisiont | tisier | |
| imperative | — | tisia | tisied | tisiwn | tisiwch | tisient | tisier | |
| verbal noun | tisian | |||||||
| verbal adjectives | tisiedig, tisedig tisiadwy, tisadwy | |||||||
Conjugation (colloquial)
| Inflected colloquial forms | singular | plural | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| first | second | third | first | second | third | |
| future | tisia i, tisiaf i | tisi di | tisith o/e/hi, tisiff e/hi | tisiwn ni | tisiwch chi | tisian nhw |
| conditional | tisiwn i | tisiet ti | tisiai fo/fe/hi | tisien ni | tisiech chi | tisien nhw |
| preterite | tisiais i, tisies i | tisiaist ti, tisiest ti | tisiodd o/e/hi | tision ni | tisioch chi | tision nhw |
| imperative | — | tisia | — | — | tisiwch | — |
| Note: All other forms are periphrastic, as usual in colloquial Welsh. | ||||||
Derived terms
- tisiad m (“sneeze”)
Further reading
- R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke et al., editors (1950–present), “tisian”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies