dawnsio

Welsh

Alternative forms

• dawnsian
• dawnso

Etymology

From dawns (“dance”) +‎ -io.

Pronunciation

• (North Wales, standard, colloquial) IPA^(key): /ˈdau̯nʃɔ/
  • (North Wales, colloquial) IPA^(key): /ˈdou̯nʃɔ/
• (South Wales, standard, colloquial) IPA^(key): /ˈdau̯nsjɔ/, /ˈdau̯nʃɔ/
  • (South Wales, colloquial) IPA^(key): /ˈdau̯nsɔ/

Verb

dawnsio (first-person singular present dawnsiaf)

1. to dance

   Mae Siân yn dawnsio gyda Siôn.

   Siân is dancing with Siôn.

2. to perform a particular dance
3. to trot, frisk (about), skip, caper (of a horse)
4. to sparkle, quiver
5. to jump about wildly with joy or anger

Conjugation

Conjugation (literary)

	singular			plural			impersonal
	first	second	third	first	second	third
present indicative/future	dawnsiaf	dawnsi	dawnsia	dawnsiwn	dawnsiwch	dawnsiant	dawnsir
imperfect (indicative/subjunctive)/conditional	dawnsiwn	dawnsit	dawnsiai	dawnsiem	dawnsiech	dawnsient	dawnsid
preterite	dawnsiais	dawnsiaist	dawnsiodd	dawnsiasom	dawnsiasoch	dawnsiasant	dawnsiwyd
pluperfect	dawnsiaswn	dawnsiasit	dawnsiasai	dawnsiasem	dawnsiasech	dawnsiasent	dawnsiasid, dawnsiesid
present subjunctive	dawnsiwyf	dawnsiech	dawnsio	dawnsiom	dawnsioch	dawnsiont	dawnsier
imperative	—	dawnsia	dawnsied	dawnsiwn	dawnsiwch	dawnsient	dawnsier
verbal noun	dawnsio
verbal adjectives	— —

Conjugation (colloquial)

Inflected colloquial forms	singular			plural
	first	second	third	first	second	third
future	dawnsia i, dawnsiaf i	dawnsi di	dawnsith o/e/hi, dawnsiff e/hi	dawnsiwn ni	dawnsiwch chi	dawnsian nhw
conditional	dawnsiwn i, dawnswn i	dawnsiet ti, dawnset ti	dawnsiai fo/fe/hi, dawnsai fo/fe/hi	dawnsien ni, dawnsen ni	dawnsiech chi, dawnsech chi	dawnsien nhw, dawnsen nhw
preterite	dawnsiais i, dawnsies i	dawnsiaist ti, dawnsiest ti	dawnsiodd o/e/hi	dawnsion ni	dawnsioch chi	dawnsion nhw
imperative	—	dawnsia	—	—	dawnsiwch	—
Note: All other forms are periphrastic, as usual in colloquial Welsh.

Mutation

Welsh mutation
radical	soft	nasal	aspirate
dawnsio	ddawnsio	nawnsio	unchanged
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), “dawnsiaf”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies