dowcio
Welsh
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Borrowed from dialectal English dook, dowk, douk (“dunk, plunge”).
Pronunciation
[edit]Verb
[edit]dowcio (first-person singular present dowciaf)
- (Northwest Wales, transitive) to dunk, to plunge
- (Northwest Wales, intransitive) to plunge, to dive
Conjugation
[edit]Conjugation (literary)
| singular | plural | impersonal | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| first | second | third | first | second | third | |||
| present indicative/future | dowciaf | dowcii | dowci, dowcia | dowciwn | dowciwch | dowciant | dowciir | |
| imperfect (indicative/subjunctive)/ conditional |
dowciwn | dowciit | dowciai | dowciem | dowciech | dowcient | dowciid | |
| preterite | dowciais | dowciaist | dowciodd | dowciasom | dowciasoch | dowciasant | dowciwyd | |
| pluperfect | dowciaswn | dowciasit | dowciasai | dowciasem | dowciasech | dowciasent | dowciasid, dowciesid | |
| present subjunctive | dowciwyf | dowciych | dowcio | dowciom | dowcioch | dowciont | dowcier | |
| imperative | — | dowci, dowcia | dowcied | dowciwn | dowciwch | dowcient | dowcier | |
| verbal noun | dowcio | |||||||
| verbal adjectives | dowciedig dowciadwy | |||||||
Conjugation (colloquial)
| Inflected colloquial forms | singular | plural | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| first | second | third | first | second | third | |
| future | dowcia i, dowciaf i | dowci di | dowcith o/e/hi, dowciff e/hi | dowciwn ni | dowciwch chi | dowcian nhw |
| conditional | dowciwn i, dowcswn i | dowciet ti, dowcset ti | dowciai fo/fe/hi, dowcsai fo/fe/hi | dowcien ni, dowcsen ni | dowciech chi, dowcsech chi | dowcien nhw, dowcsen nhw |
| preterite | dowciais i, dowcies i | dowciaist ti, dowciest ti | dowciodd o/e/hi | dowcion ni | dowcioch chi | dowcion nhw |
| imperative | — | dowcia | — | — | dowciwch | — |
| Note: All other forms are periphrastic, as usual in colloquial Welsh. | ||||||
Derived terms
[edit]- dowciwr (“diver”)
Mutation
[edit]| radical | soft | nasal | aspirate |
|---|---|---|---|
| dowcio | ddowcio | nowcio | 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), “dowcio”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies