hollti

Welsh

Etymology

From hollt (“cleft, fissure, split”) +‎ -i, from Middle Welsh hollt, from Proto-Celtic *skoltā (“cleft, fissure”) (compare Irish scoilt), from Proto-Indo-European *(s)kelH- (“to split, cut”).[1] Possibly related to Proto-Celtic *kallī (“forest, grove”).[2][3]

The original form of the verb was holli, which was then re-formed under the influence of hollt.

Pronunciation
  • (North Wales) IPA(key): /ˈhɔɬdɪ/, [ˈhɔɬtɪ]
  • (South Wales) IPA(key): /ˈhɔɬdi/, [ˈhɔɬti]
  • Rhymes: -ɔɬdɪ

Verb

hollti (first-person singular present holltaf, not mutable)

  1. (transitive, intransitive) to split, to cleave

Conjugation
Conjugation (literary)
singular plural impersonal
first second third first second third
present indicative/future holltaf hollti hyllt, hollta holltwn holltwch holltant holltir
imperfect (indicative/subjunctive)/
conditional		 holltwn holltit holltai holltem holltech holltent holltid
preterite holltais holltaist holltodd holltasom holltasoch holltasant holltwyd
pluperfect holltaswn holltasit holltasai holltasem holltasech holltasent holltasid, holltesid
present subjunctive holltwyf holltych hollto holltom holltoch holltont hollter
imperative — hollta hollted holltwn holltwch holltent hollter
verbal noun hollti
verbal adjectives holltedig
holltadwy
Conjugation (colloquial)
Inflected colloquial forms singular plural
first second third first second third
future hollta i, holltaf i hollti di holltith o/e/hi, holltiff e/hi holltwn ni holltwch chi holltan nhw
conditional holltwn i, holltswn i holltet ti, holltset ti holltai fo/fe/hi, holltsai fo/fe/hi hollten ni, holltsen ni holltech chi, holltsech chi hollten nhw, holltsen nhw
preterite holltais i, holltes i holltaist ti, holltest ti holltodd o/e/hi hollton ni holltoch chi hollton nhw
imperative — hollta — — holltwch —
Note: All other forms are periphrastic, as usual in colloquial Welsh.

Derived terms
  • holltiad m (“cleavage”)

References
  1. Matasović, Ranko (2009) “skolta”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 343
  2. Pokorny, Julius (1959) chapter 2675, in Indogermanisches etymologisches Wörterbuch [Indo-European Etymological Dictionary] (in German), volume 3, Bern, München: Francke Verlag, page 2675
  3. MacBain, Alexander, Mackay, Eneas (1911) “hollti”, in An Etymological Dictionary of the Gaelic Language‎, Stirling, →ISBN, page sgoilt

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