ymffrostio

Welsh

Etymology

ym- +‎ ffrost (“boast”) +‎ -io,[1] ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *sper- (“to scatter”)[2] [whence English spread, Ancient Greek σπείρω (speírō, “sow”)].

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /əmˈfrɔsdjɔ/, [əmˈfrɔstjɔ]

Verb

ymffrostio (first-person singular present ymffrostiaf)

  1. to boast

Conjugation
Conjugation (literary)
singular plural impersonal
first second third first second third
present indicative/future ymffrostiaf ymffrosti ymffrostia ymffrostiwn ymffrostiwch ymffrostiant ymffrostir
imperfect (indicative/subjunctive)/conditional ymffrostiwn ymffrostit ymffrostiai ymffrostiem ymffrostiech ymffrostient ymffrostid
preterite ymffrostiais ymffrostiaist ymffrostiodd ymffrostiasom ymffrostiasoch ymffrostiasant ymffrostiwyd
pluperfect ymffrostiaswn ymffrostiasit ymffrostiasai ymffrostiasem ymffrostiasech ymffrostiasent ymffrostiasid, ymffrostiesid
present subjunctive ymffrostiwyf ymffrostiech ymffrostio ymffrostiom ymffrostioch ymffrostiont ymffrostier
imperative — ymffrostia ymffrostied ymffrostiwn ymffrostiwch ymffrostient ymffrostier
verbal noun ymffrostio
verbal adjectives ymffrostiedig
ymffrostiadwy
Conjugation (colloquial)
Inflected colloquial forms singular plural
first second third first second third
future ymffrostia i, ymffrostiaf i ymffrosti di ymffrostith o/e/hi, ymffrostiff e/hi ymffrostiwn ni ymffrostiwch chi ymffrostian nhw
conditional ymffrostiwn i, ymffrostswn i ymffrostiet ti, ymffrostset ti ymffrostiai fo/fe/hi, ymffrostsai fo/fe/hi ymffrostien ni, ymffrostsen ni ymffrostiech chi, ymffrostsech chi ymffrostien nhw, ymffrostsen nhw
preterite ymffrostiais i, ymffrosties i ymffrostiaist ti, ymffrostiest ti ymffrostiodd o/e/hi ymffrostion ni ymffrostioch chi ymffrostion nhw
imperative — ymffrostia — — ymffrostiwch —
Note: All other forms are periphrastic, as usual in colloquial Welsh.

Mutation
Welsh mutation
radical soft nasal h-prothesis
ymffrostio unchanged unchanged hymffrostio
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

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