hoetian
Appearance
Welsh
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From English hoit (“to behave frivolously; to caper”).
Pronunciation
[edit]- (North Wales) IPA(key): /ˈhɔɨ̯tjan/
- (South Wales) IPA(key): /ˈhɔi̯tjan/
Verb
[edit]hoetian (first-person singular present hoetiaf, not mutable)
- (intransitive) to dawdle, to dally, to gallivant
Conjugation
[edit]Conjugation (literary)
singular | plural | impersonal | ||||||
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first | second | third | first | second | third | |||
present indicative/future | hoetiaf | hoeti | hoetia | hoetiwn | hoetiwch | hoetiant | hoetir | |
imperfect (indicative/subjunctive)/conditional | hoetiwn | hoetit | hoetiai | hoetiem | hoetiech | hoetient | hoetid | |
preterite | hoetiais | hoetiaist | hoetiodd | hoetiasom | hoetiasoch | hoetiasant | hoetiwyd | |
pluperfect | hoetiaswn | hoetiasit | hoetiasai | hoetiasem | hoetiasech | hoetiasent | hoetiasid, hoetiesid | |
present subjunctive | hoetiwyf | hoetiech | hoetio | hoetiom | hoetioch | hoetiont | hoetier | |
imperative | — | hoetia | hoetied | hoetiwn | hoetiwch | hoetient | hoetier | |
verbal noun | hoetian | |||||||
verbal adjectives | hoetiedig hoetiadwy |
Conjugation (colloquial)
Inflected colloquial forms | singular | plural | ||||
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first | second | third | first | second | third | |
future | hoetia i, hoetiaf i | hoeti di | hoetith o/e/hi, hoetiff e/hi | hoetiwn ni | hoetiwch chi | hoetian nhw |
conditional | hoetiwn i, hoetswn i | hoetiet ti, hoetset ti | hoetiai fo/fe/hi, hoetsai fo/fe/hi | hoetien ni, hoetsen ni | hoetiech chi, hoetsech chi | hoetien nhw, hoetsen nhw |
preterite | hoetiais i, hoeties i | hoetiaist ti, hoetiest ti | hoetiodd o/e/hi | hoetion ni | hoetioch chi | hoetion nhw |
imperative | — | hoetia | — | — | hoetiwch | — |
Note: All other forms are periphrastic, as usual in colloquial Welsh. |
Derived terms
[edit]- jolihoetian (“to gallivant, to gad about”)
References
[edit]- R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke et al., editors (1950–present), “hoetian”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies