ffroeni

Welsh

Etymology

ffroen (“nostril”) +‎ -i.

Pronunciation

• (North Wales) IPA^(key): /ˈfrɔɨ̯nɪ/
• (South Wales) IPA^(key): /ˈfrɔi̯ni/

Verb

ffroeni (first-person singular present ffroenaf, not mutable)

1. to sniff

   Synonyms: synhwyro, (North Wales) ogleuo, (South Wales) gwynto

Conjugation

Conjugation (literary)

	singular			plural			impersonal
	first	second	third	first	second	third
present indicative/future	ffroenaf	ffroeni	ffroen, ffroena	ffroenwn	ffroenwch	ffroenant	ffroenir
imperfect (indicative/subjunctive)/ conditional	ffroenwn	ffroenit	ffroenai	ffroenem	ffroenech	ffroenent	ffroenid
preterite	ffroenais	ffroenaist	ffroenodd	ffroenasom	ffroenasoch	ffroenasant	ffroenwyd
pluperfect	ffroenaswn	ffroenasit	ffroenasai	ffroenasem	ffroenasech	ffroenasent	ffroenasid, ffroenesid
present subjunctive	ffroenwyf	ffroenych	ffroeno	ffroenom	ffroenoch	ffroenont	ffroener
imperative	—	ffroen, ffroena	ffroened	ffroenwn	ffroenwch	ffroenent	ffroener
verbal noun	ffroeni
verbal adjectives	ffroenedig ffroenadwy

Conjugation (colloquial)

Inflected colloquial forms	singular			plural
	first	second	third	first	second	third
future	ffroena i, ffroenaf i	ffroeni di	ffroenith o/e/hi, ffroeniff e/hi	ffroenwn ni	ffroenwch chi	ffroenan nhw
conditional	ffroenwn i, ffroenswn i	ffroenet ti, ffroenset ti	ffroenai fo/fe/hi, ffroensai fo/fe/hi	ffroenen ni, ffroensen ni	ffroenech chi, ffroensech chi	ffroenen nhw, ffroensen nhw
preterite	ffroenais i, ffroenes i	ffroenaist ti, ffroenest ti	ffroenodd o/e/hi	ffroenon ni	ffroenoch chi	ffroenon nhw
imperative	—	ffroena	—	—	ffroenwch	—
Note: All other forms are periphrastic, as usual in colloquial Welsh.

Related terms

• ffroenochi (“to snort”)

References

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