ceisio

Welsh

Etymology

From cais (“attempt, effort, endeavour”, noun) +‎ -io.

Pronunciation
  • (North Wales) IPA(key): /ˈkei̯ʃɔ/
  • (South Wales) IPA(key): /ˈkei̯sjɔ/, /ˈkei̯ʃɔ/
  • Rhymes: -ei̯sjɔ, -ei̯ʃɔ

Verb

ceisio (first-person singular present ceisiaf) (transitive, intransitive)

  1. to seek, search for, ask, fetch
  2. to try, attempt, endeavour
  3. to aim at, attack
  4. to possess

Conjugation
Conjugation (literary)
singular plural impersonal
first second third first second third
present indicative/future ceisiaf ceisi cais, ceisia ceisiwn ceisiwch ceisiant ceisir
imperfect (indicative/subjunctive)/conditional ceisiwn ceisit ceisiai ceisiem ceisiech ceisient ceisid
preterite ceisiais ceisiaist ceisiodd ceisiasom ceisiasoch ceisiasant ceisiwyd
pluperfect ceisiaswn ceisiasit ceisiasai ceisiasem ceisiasech ceisiasent ceisiasid, ceisiesid
present subjunctive ceisiwyf ceisiech ceisio ceisiom ceisioch ceisiont ceisier
imperative — ceisia ceisied ceisiwn ceisiwch ceisient ceisier
verbal noun ceisio
verbal adjectives ceisiedig
ceisiadwy
Conjugation (colloquial)
Inflected colloquial forms singular plural
first second third first second third
future ceisia i, ceisiaf i ceisi di ceisith o/e/hi, ceisiff e/hi ceisiwn ni ceisiwch chi ceisian nhw
conditional ceisiwn i ceisiet ti ceisiai fo/fe/hi ceisien ni ceisiech chi ceisien nhw
preterite ceisiais i, ceisies i ceisiaist ti, ceisiest ti ceisiodd o/e/hi ceision ni ceisioch chi ceision nhw
imperative — ceisia — — ceisiwch —
Note: All other forms are periphrastic, as usual in colloquial Welsh.

Mutation
Welsh mutation
radical soft nasal aspirate
ceisio geisio ngheisio cheisio
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

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