coelio

Welsh

Etymology

From coel (“belief”) +‎ -io.

Pronunciation

• (North Wales) IPA^(key): /ˈkɔɨ̯ljɔ/
• (South Wales) IPA^(key): /ˈkɔi̯ljɔ/

Verb

coelio (first-person singular present coeliaf)

1. to believe, credit, give credence to, trust, obey
2. (business) to give trust or credit
3. to cast lots, take auspices, consult omens

Conjugation

Conjugation (literary)

	singular			plural			impersonal
	first	second	third	first	second	third
present indicative/future	coeliaf	coeli	coelia	coeliwn	coeliwch	coeliant	coelir
imperfect (indicative/subjunctive)/conditional	coeliwn	coelit	coeliai	coeliem	coeliech	coelient	coelid
preterite	coeliais	coeliaist	coeliodd	coeliasom	coeliasoch	coeliasant	coeliwyd
pluperfect	coeliaswn	coeliasit	coeliasai	coeliasem	coeliasech	coeliasent	coeliasid, coeliesid
present subjunctive	coeliwyf	coeliech	coelio	coeliom	coelioch	coeliont	coelier
imperative	—	coelia	coelied	coeliwn	coeliwch	coelient	coelier
verbal noun	coelio
verbal adjectives	coeliedig coeliadwy

Conjugation (colloquial)

Inflected colloquial forms	singular			plural
	first	second	third	first	second	third
future	coelia i, coeliaf i	coeli di	coelith o/e/hi, coeliff e/hi	coeliwn ni	coeliwch chi	coelian nhw
conditional	coeliwn i, coelswn i	coeliet ti, coelset ti	coeliai fo/fe/hi, coelsai fo/fe/hi	coelien ni, coelsen ni	coeliech chi, coelsech chi	coelien nhw, coelsen nhw
preterite	coeliais i, coelies i	coeliaist ti, coeliest ti	coeliodd o/e/hi	coelion ni	coelioch chi	coelion nhw
imperative	—	coelia	—	—	coeliwch	—
Note: All other forms are periphrastic, as usual in colloquial Welsh.

Mutation

Mutated forms of coelio

radical	soft	nasal	aspirate
coelio	goelio	nghoelio	choelio

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

References

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