ffermio

Welsh

Alternative forms

• ffarmio

Etymology

From fferm +‎ -io.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈfɛrmjɔ/

Verb

ffermio (first-person singular present ffermiaf, not mutable)

1. (intransitive or transitive) to farm

Conjugation

Conjugation (literary)

	singular			plural			impersonal
	first	second	third	first	second	third
present indicative/future	ffermiaf	ffermi	ffermia	ffermiwn	ffermiwch	ffermiant	ffermir
imperfect (indicative/subjunctive)/conditional	ffermiwn	ffermit	ffermiai	ffermiem	ffermiech	ffermient	ffermid
preterite	ffermiais	ffermiaist	ffermiodd	ffermiasom	ffermiasoch	ffermiasant	ffermiwyd
pluperfect	ffermiaswn	ffermiasit	ffermiasai	ffermiasem	ffermiasech	ffermiasent	ffermiasid, ffermiesid
present subjunctive	ffermiwyf	ffermiech	ffermio	ffermiom	ffermioch	ffermiont	ffermier
imperative	—	ffermia	ffermied	ffermiwn	ffermiwch	ffermient	ffermier
verbal noun	ffermio
verbal adjectives	ffermiedig ffermiadwy

Conjugation (colloquial)

inflected colloquial forms	singular			plural
	first	second	third	first	second	third
future	ffermia i, ffermiaf i	ffermi di	ffermith o/e/hi, ffermiff e/hi	ffermiwn ni	ffermiwch chi	ffermian nhw
conditional	ffermiwn i, ffermswn i	ffermiet ti, ffermset ti	ffermiai fo/fe/hi, ffermsai fo/fe/hi	ffermien ni, ffermsen ni	ffermiech chi, ffermsech chi	ffermien nhw, ffermsen nhw
preterite	ffermiais i, ffermies i	ffermiaist ti, ffermiest ti	ffermiodd o/e/hi	ffermion ni	ffermioch chi	ffermion nhw
imperative	—	ffermia	—	—	ffermiwch	—

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

Derived terms

• ffermwr (“farmer”)

References

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