ffensio

Welsh

Etymology

From ffens (“fence”) +‎ -io.

Pronunciation

• (North Wales) IPA^(key): /ˈfɛnʃɔ/
• (South Wales) IPA^(key): /ˈfɛnsjɔ/, /ˈfɛnʃɔ/

Verb

ffensio (first-person singular present ffensiaf, not mutable)

1. to fence

Conjugation

Conjugation (literary)

	singular			plural			impersonal
	first	second	third	first	second	third
present indicative/future	ffensiaf	ffensi	ffensia	ffensiwn	ffensiwch	ffensiant	ffensir
imperfect (indicative/subjunctive)/conditional	ffensiwn	ffensit	ffensiai	ffensiem	ffensiech	ffensient	ffensid
preterite	ffensiais	ffensiaist	ffensiodd	ffensiasom	ffensiasoch	ffensiasant	ffensiwyd
pluperfect	ffensiaswn	ffensiasit	ffensiasai	ffensiasem	ffensiasech	ffensiasent	ffensiasid, ffensiesid
present subjunctive	ffensiwyf	ffensiech	ffensio	ffensiom	ffensioch	ffensiont	ffensier
imperative	—	ffensia	ffensied	ffensiwn	ffensiwch	ffensient	ffensier
verbal noun	ffensio
verbal adjectives	ffensiedig, ffensedig ffensiadwy, ffensadwy

Conjugation (colloquial)

Inflected colloquial forms	singular			plural
	first	second	third	first	second	third
future	ffensia i, ffensiaf i	ffensi di	ffensith o/e/hi, ffensiff e/hi	ffensiwn ni	ffensiwch chi	ffensian nhw
conditional	ffensiwn i	ffensiet ti	ffensiai fo/fe/hi	ffensien ni	ffensiech chi	ffensien nhw
preterite	ffensiais i, ffensies i	ffensiaist ti, ffensiest ti	ffensiodd o/e/hi	ffension ni	ffensioch chi	ffension nhw
imperative	—	ffensia	—	—	ffensiwch	—
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), “ffensio”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies