heboca

Welsh

Etymology

From hebog (“hawk”) +‎ -a.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /hɛˈbɔka/
• Rhymes: -ɔka

Verb

heboca (first-person singular present hebocaf, not mutable)

1. to hawk, to hunt with a hawk

Conjugation

Conjugation (literary)

	singular			plural			impersonal
	first	second	third	first	second	third
present indicative/future	hebocaf	heboci	heboca	hebocwn	hebocwch	hebocant	hebocir
imperfect (indicative/subjunctive)/ conditional	hebocwn	hebocit	hebocai	hebocem	hebocech	hebocent	hebocid
preterite	hebocais	hebocaist	hebocodd	hebocasom	hebocasoch	hebocasant	hebocwyd
pluperfect	hebocaswn	hebocasit	hebocasai	hebocasem	hebocasech	hebocasent	hebocasid, hebocesid
present subjunctive	hebocwyf	hebocych	heboco	hebocom	hebococh	hebocont	hebocer
imperative	—	heboca	heboced	hebocwn	hebocwch	hebocent	hebocer
verbal noun	heboca
verbal adjectives	hebocedig hebocadwy

Conjugation (colloquial)

Inflected colloquial forms	singular			plural
	first	second	third	first	second	third
future	heboca i, hebocaf i	heboci di	hebocith o/e/hi, hebociff e/hi	hebocwn ni	hebocwch chi	hebocan nhw
conditional	hebocwn i, hebocswn i	hebocet ti, hebocset ti	hebocai fo/fe/hi, hebocsai fo/fe/hi	hebocen ni, hebocsen ni	hebocech chi, hebocsech chi	hebocen nhw, hebocsen nhw
preterite	hebocais i, heboces i	hebocaist ti, hebocest ti	hebocodd o/e/hi	hebocon ni	hebococh chi	hebocon nhw
imperative	—	heboca	—	—	hebocwch	—
Note: All other forms are periphrastic, as usual in colloquial Welsh.

Further reading

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