hoetian

Welsh

Alternative forms

• hoetio

Etymology

From English hoit (“to behave frivolously; to caper”).

Pronunciation

• (North Wales) IPA^(key): /ˈhɔɨ̯tjan/
• (South Wales) IPA^(key): /ˈhɔi̯tjan/

Verb

hoetian (first-person singular present hoetiaf, not mutable)

1. (intransitive) to dawdle, to dally, to gallivant

Conjugation

Conjugation (literary)

	singular			plural			impersonal
	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
	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

• jolihoetian (“to gallivant, to gad about”)

References

• 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