arbenigo

Welsh

Etymology

From arbennig (“special”) +‎ -o (verb-forming suffix).

Pronunciation

• (North Wales) IPA^(key): /ˌarbɛˈnɪɡɔ/
• (South Wales) IPA^(key): /ˌarbɛˈniːɡɔ/, /ˌarbɛˈnɪɡɔ/

Verb

arbenigo (first-person singular present arbenigaf)

1. to specialise

Conjugation

Conjugation (literary)

	singular			plural			impersonal
	first	second	third	first	second	third
present indicative/future	arbenigaf	arbenigi	arbeniga	arbenigwn	arbenigwch	arbenigant	arbenigir
imperfect (indicative/subjunctive)/ conditional	arbenigwn	arbenigit	arbenigai	arbenigem	arbenigech	arbenigent	arbenigid
preterite	arbenigais	arbenigaist	arbenigodd	arbenigasom	arbenigasoch	arbenigasant	arbenigwyd
pluperfect	arbenigaswn	arbenigasit	arbenigasai	arbenigasem	arbenigasech	arbenigasent	arbenigasid, arbenigesid
present subjunctive	arbenigwyf	arbenigych	arbenigo	arbenigom	arbenigoch	arbenigont	arbeniger
imperative	—	arbeniga	arbeniged	arbenigwn	arbenigwch	arbenigent	arbeniger
verbal noun	arbenigo
verbal adjectives	arbenigedig arbenigadwy

Conjugation (colloquial)

inflected colloquial forms	singular			plural
	first	second	third	first	second	third
future	arbeniga i, arbenigaf i	arbenigi di	arbenigith o/e/hi, arbenigiff e/hi	arbenigwn ni	arbenigwch chi	arbenigan nhw
conditional	arbenigwn i, arbenigswn i	arbeniget ti, arbenigset ti	arbenigai fo/fe/hi, arbenigsai fo/fe/hi	arbenigen ni, arbenigsen ni	arbenigech chi, arbenigsech chi	arbenigen nhw, arbenigsen nhw
preterite	arbenigais i, arbeniges i	arbenigaist ti, arbenigest ti	arbenigodd o/e/hi	arbenigon ni	arbenigoch chi	arbenigon nhw
imperative	—	arbeniga	—	—	arbenigwch	—

Note: All other forms are periphrastic, as usual in colloquial Welsh.

Mutation

Mutated forms of arbenigo

radical	soft	nasal	h-prothesis
arbenigo	unchanged	unchanged	harbenigo

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Welsh.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

Further reading

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