geingio

Welsh

Etymology

gaing (“chisel”) +‎ -io.

Verb

geingio (first-person singular present geingiaf)

1. (South Wales) to chisel

   Synonym: (North Wales) cynio

2. to wedge

   Synonym: lletemu

Conjugation

Conjugation (literary)

	singular			plural			impersonal
	first	second	third	first	second	third
present indicative/future	geingiaf	geingi	geingi, geingia	geingiwn	geingiwch	geingiant	geingir
imperfect (indicative/subjunctive)/conditional	geingiwn	geingit	geingiai	geingiem	geingiech	geingient	geingid
preterite	geingiais	geingiaist	geingiodd	geingiasom	geingiasoch	geingiasant	geingiwyd
pluperfect	geingiaswn	geingiasit	geingiasai	geingiasem	geingiasech	geingiasent	geingiasid, geingiesid
present subjunctive	geingiwyf	geingiech	geingio	geingiom	geingioch	geingiont	geingier
imperative	—	geingi, geingia	geingied	geingiwn	geingiwch	geingient	geingier
verbal noun	geingio
verbal adjectives	geingiedig geingiadwy

Conjugation (colloquial)

inflected colloquial forms	singular			plural
	first	second	third	first	second	third
future	geingia i, geingiaf i	geingi di	geingith o/e/hi, geingiff e/hi	geingiwn ni	geingiwch chi	geingian nhw
conditional	geingiwn i, geingswn i	geingiet ti, geingset ti	geingiai fo/fe/hi, geingsai fo/fe/hi	geingien ni, geingsen ni	geingiech chi, geingsech chi	geingien nhw, geingsen nhw
preterite	geingiais i, geingies i	geingiaist ti, geingiest ti	geingiodd o/e/hi	geingion ni	geingioch chi	geingion nhw
imperative	—	geingia	—	—	geingiwch	—

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

Mutation

Mutated forms of geingio

radical	soft	nasal	aspirate
geingio	eingio	ngeingio	unchanged

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Welsh.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

Further reading

• D. G. Lewis, N. Lewis, editors (2005–present), “geingio”, in Gweiadur: the Welsh-English Dictionary, Gwerin
• R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke et al., editors (1950–present), “geingio”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies