beicio

Welsh

Etymology

From beic (“bicycle”) +‎ -io.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈbei̯kjɔ/
  • (South Wales, colloquial) IPA^(key): /ˈbei̯kɔ/

Verb

beicio (first-person singular present beiciaf)

1. (transitive) to bike, to cycle, to ride (on a bicycle)

   Synonyms: seiclo, reidio beic

Conjugation

Conjugation (literary)

	singular			plural			impersonal
	first	second	third	first	second	third
present indicative/future	beiciaf	beici	beicia	beiciwn	beiciwch	beiciant	beicir
imperfect (indicative/subjunctive)/conditional	beiciwn	beicit	beiciai	beiciem	beiciech	beicient	beicid
preterite	beiciais	beiciaist	beiciodd	beiciasom	beiciasoch	beiciasant	beiciwyd
pluperfect	beiciaswn	beiciasit	beiciasai	beiciasem	beiciasech	beiciasent	beiciasid, beiciesid
present subjunctive	beiciwyf	beiciech	beicio	beiciom	beicioch	beiciont	beicier
imperative	—	beicia	beicied	beiciwn	beiciwch	beicient	beicier
verbal noun	beicio
verbal adjectives	beiciedig beiciadwy

Conjugation (colloquial)

inflected colloquial forms	singular			plural
	first	second	third	first	second	third
future	beicia i, beiciaf i	beici di	beicith o/e/hi, beiciff e/hi	beiciwn ni	beiciwch chi	beician nhw
conditional	beiciwn i, beicswn i	beiciet ti, beicset ti	beiciai fo/fe/hi, beicsai fo/fe/hi	beicien ni, beicsen ni	beiciech chi, beicsech chi	beicien nhw, beicsen nhw
preterite	beiciais i, beicies i	beiciaist ti, beiciest ti	beiciodd o/e/hi	beicion ni	beicioch chi	beicion nhw
imperative	—	beicia	—	—	beiciwch	—

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

Derived terms

• beiciwr m (“cyclist”)

Mutation

Mutated forms of beicio

radical	soft	nasal	aspirate
beicio	feicio	meicio	unchanged

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), “beicio”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies