rhoi

Welsh

Alternative forms

Etymology

A conflation of two separate stems: (1) Middle Welsh rodaf (I give), from Proto-Brythonic *rodāmi (compare Cornish rov (I give), Breton roan (I give)), from Proto-Celtic *ɸro-dā- (give) (compare Old Irish do·rata (he has given)), from Proto-Indo-European *deh₃- and (2) Middle Welsh rodif (I put), from Proto-Brythonic *rodīmi, from Proto-Celtic *ɸro-dī- (put), from Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁-.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /r̥ɔi̯/

Verb

rhoi (first-person singular present rhof or rhoddaf)

  1. to give
    Mae Siân yn rhoi siocled i Siôn y flwyddyn ’ma.
    Siân is giving Siôn chocolate this year.
  2. to put
    Rhoddodd hi’r pethau ar y bwrdd.
    She put the things on the table.

Conjugation

See also

Mutation

Welsh mutation
radicalsoftnasalaspirate
rhoi roi unchanged unchanged
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every
possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.
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