manteisio
Welsh
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From mantais (“advantage”) + -io.
Verb
[edit]manteisio (first-person singular present manteisiaf)
- to take advantage, to make use [with ar ‘of something’]
Conjugation
[edit]Conjugation (literary)
| singular | plural | impersonal | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| first | second | third | first | second | third | |||
| present indicative/future | manteisiaf | manteisi | manteisia | manteisiwn | manteisiwch | manteisiant | manteisir | |
| imperfect (indicative/subjunctive)/conditional | manteisiwn | manteisit | manteisiai | manteisiem | manteisiech | manteisient | manteisid | |
| preterite | manteisiais | manteisiaist | manteisiodd | manteisiasom | manteisiasoch | manteisiasant | manteisiwyd | |
| pluperfect | manteisiaswn | manteisiasit | manteisiasai | manteisiasem | manteisiasech | manteisiasent | manteisiasid, manteisiesid | |
| present subjunctive | manteisiwyf | manteisiech | manteisio | manteisiom | manteisioch | manteisiont | manteisier | |
| imperative | — | manteisia | manteisied | manteisiwn | manteisiwch | manteisient | manteisier | |
| verbal noun | manteisio | |||||||
| verbal adjectives | manteisiedig manteisiadwy | |||||||
Conjugation (colloquial)
| Inflected colloquial forms | singular | plural | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| first | second | third | first | second | third | |
| future | manteisia i, manteisiaf i | manteisi di | manteisith o/e/hi, manteisiff e/hi | manteisiwn ni | manteisiwch chi | manteisian nhw |
| conditional | manteisiwn i, manteiswn i | manteisiet ti, manteiset ti | manteisiai fo/fe/hi, manteisai fo/fe/hi | manteisien ni, manteisen ni | manteisiech chi, manteisech chi | manteisien nhw, manteisen nhw |
| preterite | manteisiais i, manteisies i | manteisiaist ti, manteisiest ti | manteisiodd o/e/hi | manteision ni | manteisioch chi | manteision nhw |
| imperative | — | manteisia | — | — | manteisiwch | — |
| Note: All other forms are periphrastic, as usual in colloquial Welsh. | ||||||
Mutation
[edit]| radical | soft | nasal | aspirate |
|---|---|---|---|
| manteisio | fanteisio | unchanged | unchanged |
Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Welsh.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.
Further reading
[edit]- R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke et al., editors (1950–present), “manteisio”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies