bodoli
Welsh
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From bodol (“existing”) + -i.
Pronunciation
[edit]- (North Wales) IPA(key): /bɔˈdɔlɪ/
- (South Wales) IPA(key): /bɔˈdoːli/, /bɔˈdɔli/
- Rhymes: -ɔlɪ
Verb
[edit]bodoli (first-person singular present bodolaf)
- (intransitive) to exist
- (transitive) to realise, to give existence to
- Synonym: sylweddu
Conjugation
[edit]Conjugation (literary)
| singular | plural | impersonal | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| first | second | third | first | second | third | |||
| present indicative/future | bodolaf | bodoli | bodola | bodolwn | bodolwch | bodolant | bodolir | |
| imperfect (indicative/subjunctive)/ conditional |
bodolwn | bodolit | bodolai | bodolem | bodolech | bodolent | bodolid | |
| preterite | bodolais | bodolaist | bodolodd | bodolasom | bodolasoch | bodolasant | bodolwyd | |
| pluperfect | bodolaswn | bodolasit | bodolasai | bodolasem | bodolasech | bodolasent | bodolasid, bodolesid | |
| present subjunctive | bodolwyf | bodolych | bodolo | bodolom | bodoloch | bodolont | bodoler | |
| imperative | — | -, bodola | bodoled | bodolwn | bodolwch | bodolent | bodoler | |
| verbal noun | bodoli | |||||||
| verbal adjectives | bodoledig | |||||||
Conjugation (colloquial)
| Inflected colloquial forms | singular | plural | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| first | second | third | first | second | third | |
| future | bodola i, bodolaf i | bodoli di | bodolith o/e/hi, bodoliff e/hi | bodolwn ni | bodolwch chi | bodolan nhw |
| conditional | bodolwn i, bodolswn i | bodolet ti, bodolset ti | bodolai fo/fe/hi, bodolsai fo/fe/hi | bodolen ni, bodolsen ni | bodolech chi, bodolsech chi | bodolen nhw, bodolsen nhw |
| preterite | bodolais i, bodoles i | bodolaist ti, bodolest ti | bodolodd o/e/hi | bodolon ni | bodoloch chi | bodolon nhw |
| imperative | — | bodola | — | — | bodolwch | — |
| Note: All other forms are periphrastic, as usual in colloquial Welsh. | ||||||
Derived terms
[edit]- uwchfodoli (“to transcedentalise”)
Mutation
[edit]| radical | soft | nasal | aspirate |
|---|---|---|---|
| bodoli | fodoli | modoli | unchanged |
Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Welsh.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.
Further reading
[edit]- R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke et al., editors (1950–present), “bodoli”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies