bocsio

Welsh

Etymology

From English box +‎ -io.

Pronunciation

• (North Wales) IPA^(key): /ˈbɔkʃɔ/
• (South Wales) IPA^(key): /ˈbɔksjɔ/, /ˈbɔkʃɔ/

Verb

bocsio (first-person singular present bocsiaf)

1. (intransitive, sports) to box

   Synonym: paffio

Conjugation

Conjugation (literary)

	singular			plural			impersonal
	first	second	third	first	second	third
present indicative/future	bocsiaf	bocsi	bocsia	bocsiwn	bocsiwch	bocsiant	bocsir
imperfect (indicative/subjunctive)/conditional	bocsiwn	bocsit	bocsiai	bocsiem	bocsiech	bocsient	bocsid
preterite	bocsiais	bocsiaist	bocsiodd	bocsiasom	bocsiasoch	bocsiasant	bocsiwyd
pluperfect	bocsiaswn	bocsiasit	bocsiasai	bocsiasem	bocsiasech	bocsiasent	bocsiasid, bocsiesid
present subjunctive	bocsiwyf	bocsiech	bocsio	bocsiom	bocsioch	bocsiont	bocsier
imperative	—	bocsia	bocsied	bocsiwn	bocsiwch	bocsient	bocsier
verbal noun	bocsio
verbal adjectives	bocsiedig bocsiadwy

Conjugation (colloquial)

inflected colloquial forms	singular			plural
	first	second	third	first	second	third
future	bocsia i, bocsiaf i	bocsi di	bocsith o/e/hi, bocsiff e/hi	bocsiwn ni	bocsiwch chi	bocsian nhw
conditional	bocsiwn i, bocswn i	bocsiet ti, bocset ti	bocsiai fo/fe/hi, bocsai fo/fe/hi	bocsien ni, bocsen ni	bocsiech chi, bocsech chi	bocsien nhw, bocsen nhw
preterite	bocsiais i, bocsies i	bocsiaist ti, bocsiest ti	bocsiodd o/e/hi	bocsion ni	bocsioch chi	bocsion nhw
imperative	—	bocsia	—	—	bocsiwch	—

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

Derived terms

• bocsiwr (“boxer”)

Mutation

Mutated forms of bocsio

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