dawnsio

Welsh

Alternative forms
  • dawnsian
  • dawnso

Etymology

From dawns (“dance”) +‎ -io.

Pronunciation

Verb

dawnsio (first-person singular present dawnsiaf)

  1. to dance
    Mae Siân yn dawnsio gyda Siôn. ― Siân is dancing with Siôn.
  2. to perform a particular dance
  3. (of a horse) to trot, frisk (about), skip, caper
  4. to sparkle, quiver
  5. to jump about wildly with joy or anger

Conjugation
Conjugation (literary)
singular plural impersonal
first second third first second third
present indicative/future dawnsiaf dawnsi dawnsia dawnsiwn dawnsiwch dawnsiant dawnsir
imperfect (indicative/subjunctive)/conditional dawnsiwn dawnsit dawnsiai dawnsiem dawnsiech dawnsient dawnsid
preterite dawnsiais dawnsiaist dawnsiodd dawnsiasom dawnsiasoch dawnsiasant dawnsiwyd
pluperfect dawnsiaswn dawnsiasit dawnsiasai dawnsiasem dawnsiasech dawnsiasent dawnsiasid, dawnsiesid
present subjunctive dawnsiwyf dawnsiech dawnsio dawnsiom dawnsioch dawnsiont dawnsier
imperative — -verbadj1=none, dawnsia dawnsied dawnsiwn dawnsiwch dawnsient dawnsier
verbal noun dawnsio
verbal adjectives dawnsiedig
—
Conjugation (colloquial)
Inflected colloquial forms singular plural
first second third first second third
future dawnsia i, dawnsiaf i dawnsi di dawnsith o/e/hi, dawnsiff e/hi dawnsiwn ni dawnsiwch chi dawnsian nhw
conditional dawnsiwn i, dawnsiswn i dawnsiet ti, dawnsiset ti dawnsiai fo/fe/hi, dawnsisai fo/fe/hi dawnsien ni, dawnsisen ni dawnsiech chi, dawnsisech chi dawnsien nhw, dawnsisen nhw
preterite dawnsiais i, dawnsies i dawnsiaist ti, dawnsiest ti dawnsiodd o/e/hi dawnsion ni dawnsioch chi dawnsion nhw
imperative — dawnsia — — dawnsiwch —
Note: All other forms are periphrastic, as usual in colloquial Welsh.

Mutation
Welsh mutation
radicalsoftnasalaspirate
dawnsio ddawnsio nawnsio unchanged
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every
possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References
  • Angharad Fychan and Ann Parry Owen, editors (2014), “dawnsiaf”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies
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