ffeindio

Welsh

Etymology

Borrowed from English find + -io.

Pronunciation

• (North Wales, standard, colloquial) IPA^(key): /ˈfei̯ndjɔ/
  • (North Wales, colloquial) IPA^(key): /ˈfɪndjɔ/
• (South Wales, standard) IPA^(key): /ˈfei̯ndjɔ/
  • (South Wales, colloquial) IPA^(key): /ˈfei̯ndɔ/, /ˈfɪndjɔ/, /ˈfɪndɔ/

Verb

ffeindio (first-person singular present ffeindiaf, not mutable)

1. (colloquial) to find

Conjugation

Conjugation (literary)

	singular			plural			impersonal
	first	second	third	first	second	third
present indicative/future	ffeindiaf	ffeindi	ffeindia	ffeindiwn	ffeindiwch	ffeindiant	ffeindir
imperfect (indicative/subjunctive)/conditional	ffeindiwn	ffeindit	ffeindiai	ffeindiem	ffeindiech	ffeindient	ffeindid
preterite	ffeindiais	ffeindiaist	ffeindiodd	ffeindiasom	ffeindiasoch	ffeindiasant	ffeindiwyd
pluperfect	ffeindiaswn	ffeindiasit	ffeindiasai	ffeindiasem	ffeindiasech	ffeindiasent	ffeindiasid, ffeindiesid
present subjunctive	ffeindiwyf	ffeindiech	ffeindio	ffeindiom	ffeindioch	ffeindiont	ffeindier
imperative	—	ffeindia	ffeindied	ffeindiwn	ffeindiwch	ffeindient	ffeindier
verbal noun	ffeindio
verbal adjectives	ffeindiedig ffeindiadwy

Conjugation (colloquial)

inflected colloquial forms	singular			plural
	first	second	third	first	second	third
future	ffeindia i, ffeindiaf i	ffeindi di	ffeindith o/e/hi, ffeindiff e/hi	ffeindiwn ni	ffeindiwch chi	ffeindian nhw
conditional	ffeindiwn i, ffeindswn i	ffeindiet ti, ffeindset ti	ffeindiai fo/fe/hi, ffeindsai fo/fe/hi	ffeindien ni, ffeindsen ni	ffeindiech chi, ffeindsech chi	ffeindien nhw, ffeindsen nhw
preterite	ffeindiais i, ffeindies i	ffeindiaist ti, ffeindiest ti	ffeindiodd o/e/hi	ffeindion ni	ffeindioch chi	ffeindion nhw
imperative	—	ffeindia	—	—	ffeindiwch	—

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

References

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