paffio
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Welsh
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From paff (“thwack, thump”) + -io.
Pronunciation
[edit]Verb
[edit]paffio (first-person singular present paffiaf)
- (intransitive, sports) to box
Conjugation
[edit]Conjugation (literary)
singular | plural | impersonal | ||||||
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first | second | third | first | second | third | |||
present indicative/future | paffiaf | peffi | paffia | paffiwn | peffiwch, paffiwch | paffiant | peffir | |
imperfect (indicative/subjunctive)/conditional | paffiwn | peffit | paffiai | paffiem | paffiech | paffient | peffid | |
preterite | peffiais | peffiaist | paffiodd | paffiasom | paffiasoch | paffiasant | paffiwyd | |
pluperfect | paffiaswn | paffiasit | paffiasai | paffiasem | paffiasech | paffiasent | paffiasid, paffiesid | |
present subjunctive | paffiwyf | peffiech | paffio | paffiom | paffioch | paffiont | paffier | |
imperative | — | paffia | paffied | paffiwn | peffiwch, paffiwch | paffient | paffier | |
verbal noun | paffio | |||||||
verbal adjectives | paffiedig paffiadwy |
Conjugation (colloquial)
Inflected colloquial forms | singular | plural | ||||
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first | second | third | first | second | third | |
future | paffia i, paffiaf i | paffi di | paffith o/e/hi, paffiff e/hi | paffiwn ni | paffiwch chi | paffian nhw |
conditional | paffiwn i, paffswn i | paffiet ti, paffset ti | paffiai fo/fe/hi, paffsai fo/fe/hi | paffien ni, paffsen ni | paffiech chi, paffsech chi | paffien nhw, paffsen nhw |
preterite | paffiais i, paffies i | paffiaist ti, paffiest ti | paffiodd o/e/hi | paffion ni | paffioch chi | paffion nhw |
imperative | — | paffia | — | — | paffiwch | — |
Note: All other forms are periphrastic, as usual in colloquial Welsh. |
Derived terms
[edit]- paffiwr (“boxer”)
Mutation
[edit]Welsh mutation | |||
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radical | soft | nasal | aspirate |
paffio | baffio | mhaffio | phaffio |
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. |
Further reading
[edit]- R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke et al., editors (1950–present), “paffio”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies