eisiau

Welsh

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Middle Welsh eisseu, from Proto-Brythonic *eisɨɣu, borrowed from Latin exiguus (“having required”).

Pronunciation
  • (North Wales, standard) IPA(key): /ˈei̯ʃaɨ̯/
  • (South Wales, standard) IPA(key): /ˈei̯sjai̯/, /ˈei̯ʃai̯/
    • (South Wales, colloquial) IPA(key): /ˈiːʃɛ/, /ˈɪʃɛ/, /ˈiːsɛ/, /ˈɪsɛ/
  • Rhymes: -ei̯sjaɨ̯

Noun

eisiau m (uncountable) (functioning as verbal noun)

  1. want
    Roeddwn i eisiau i helpu.
    I wanted to help.
    Dach chi isio mynd i'r parc?
    Do you want to go to the park?
  2. need

Usage notes

Because eisiau is a noun, it does not use yn with bod and has no stem, meaning it must be used periphrastically.

Synonyms

Mutation
Welsh mutation
radicalsoftnasalh-prothesis
eisiau unchanged unchanged heisiau
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.
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