egino

Welsh

Etymology

egin (“sprout, shoot”) +‎ -o.

Pronunciation

Verb

egino (first-person singular present eginaf)

  1. to sprout, to germinate
  2. (figurative) to begin to develop

Conjugation
Conjugation (literary)
singular plural impersonal
first second third first second third
present indicative/future eginaf egini egina eginwn eginwch eginant eginir
imperfect (indicative/subjunctive)/
conditional		 eginwn eginit eginai eginem eginech eginent eginid
preterite eginais eginaist eginodd eginasom eginasoch eginasant eginwyd
pluperfect eginaswn eginasit eginasai eginasem eginasech eginasent eginasid, eginesid
present subjunctive eginwyf eginych egino eginom eginoch eginont eginer
imperative — egina egined eginwn eginwch eginent eginer
verbal noun egino
verbal adjectives eginedig
eginadwy
Conjugation (colloquial)
Inflected colloquial forms singular plural
first second third first second third
future egina i, eginaf i egini di eginith o/e/hi, eginiff e/hi eginwn ni eginwch chi eginan nhw
conditional eginwn i, eginswn i eginet ti, eginset ti eginai fo/fe/hi, eginsai fo/fe/hi eginen ni, eginsen ni eginech chi, eginsech chi eginen nhw, eginsen nhw
preterite eginais i, egines i eginaist ti, eginest ti eginodd o/e/hi eginon ni eginoch chi eginon nhw
imperative — egina — — eginwch —
Note: All other forms are periphrastic, as usual in colloquial Welsh.

Derived terms
  • eginiad (“germination”)
  • eginog, eginol (“sprouting, developing”)

Mutation
Welsh mutation
radical soft nasal h-prothesis
egino unchanged unchanged hegino
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

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