bendithio

Welsh

Alternative forms

• benditho, bendigo

Etymology

From bendith +‎ -io.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bɛnˈdɪθjɔ/

Verb

bendithio (first-person singular present bendithiaf)

1. to bless (confer or utter a blessing)

Conjugation

Conjugation (literary)

	singular			plural			impersonal
	first	second	third	first	second	third
present indicative/future	bendithiaf	bendithi	bendithi, bendithia	bendithiwn	bendithiwch	bendithiant	bendithir
imperfect (indicative/subjunctive)/conditional	bendithiwn	bendithit	bendithiai	bendithiem	bendithiech	bendithient	bendithid
preterite	bendithiais	bendithiaist	bendithiodd	bendithiasom	bendithiasoch	bendithiasant	bendithiwyd
pluperfect	bendithiaswn	bendithiasit	bendithiasai	bendithiasem	bendithiasech	bendithiasent	bendithiasid, bendithiesid
present subjunctive	bendithiwyf	bendithiech	bendithio	bendithiom	bendithioch	bendithiont	bendithier
imperative	—	bendithi, bendithia	bendithied	bendithiwn	bendithiwch	bendithient	bendithier
verbal noun	bendithio
verbal adjectives	— —

Conjugation (colloquial)

inflected colloquial forms	singular			plural
	first	second	third	first	second	third
future	bendithia i, bendithiaf i	bendithi di	bendithith o/e/hi, bendithiff e/hi	bendithiwn ni	bendithiwch chi	bendithian nhw
conditional	bendithiwn i, bendithswn i	bendithiet ti, bendithset ti	bendithiai fo/fe/hi, bendithsai fo/fe/hi	bendithien ni, bendithsen ni	bendithiech chi, bendithsech chi	bendithien nhw, bendithsen nhw
preterite	bendithiais i, bendithies i	bendithiaist ti, bendithiest ti	bendithiodd o/e/hi	bendithion ni	bendithioch chi	bendithion nhw
imperative	—	bendithia	—	—	bendithiwch	—

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

Mutation

Mutated forms of bendithio

radical	soft	nasal	aspirate
bendithio	fendithio	mendithio	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), “bendithio”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies