megino

Welsh

Etymology

From megin (“bellows”) +‎ -o.

Pronunciation

Verb

megino (first-person singular present meginaf)

  1. (intransitive) to work bellows
  2. (transitive) to work bellows on, to blow (a fire, etc.)
  3. (transitive, figurative) to blow life into, to fan the flames, to stir up

Conjugation
Conjugation (literary)
singular plural impersonal
first second third first second third
present indicative/future meginaf megini megina meginwn meginwch meginant meginir
imperfect (indicative/subjunctive)/
conditional		 meginwn meginit meginai meginem meginech meginent meginid
preterite meginais meginaist meginodd meginasom meginasoch meginasant meginwyd
pluperfect meginaswn meginasit meginasai meginasem meginasech meginasent meginasid, meginesid
present subjunctive meginwyf meginych megino meginom meginoch meginont meginer
imperative — megina megined meginwn meginwch meginent meginer
verbal noun megino
verbal adjectives meginedig
meginadwy
Conjugation (colloquial)
Inflected colloquial forms singular plural
first second third first second third
future megina i, meginaf i megini di meginith o/e/hi, meginiff e/hi meginwn ni meginwch chi meginan nhw
conditional meginwn i, meginswn i meginet ti, meginset ti meginai fo/fe/hi, meginsai fo/fe/hi meginen ni, meginsen ni meginech chi, meginsech chi meginen nhw, meginsen nhw
preterite meginais i, megines i meginaist ti, meginest ti meginodd o/e/hi meginon ni meginoch chi meginon nhw
imperative — megina — — meginwch —
Note: All other forms are periphrastic, as usual in colloquial Welsh.

Derived terms
  • meginwr (“one who works the bellows”)

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