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 (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, ymffrostiswn i ymffrostiet ti, ymffrostiset ti ymffrostiai fo/fe/hi, ymffrostisai fo/fe/hi ymffrostien ni, ymffrostisen ni ymffrostiech chi, ymffrostisech chi ymffrostien nhw, ymffrostisen 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
radicalsoftnasalh-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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