nithio

Welsh

Etymology

From Proto-Celtic *nixteti, from Proto-Indo-European *neyk- (“to winnow”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈnɪθjɔ/

Verb

nithio (first-person singular present nithiaf, not mutable)

1. to winnow

Conjugation

Conjugation (literary)

	singular			plural			impersonal
	first	second	third	first	second	third
present indicative/future	nithiaf	nithi	nithia	nithiwn	nithiwch	nithiant	nithir
imperfect (indicative/subjunctive)/conditional	nithiwn	nithit	nithiai	nithiem	nithiech	nithient	nithid
preterite	nithiais	nithiaist	nithiodd	nithiasom	nithiasoch	nithiasant	nithiwyd
pluperfect	nithiaswn	nithiasit	nithiasai	nithiasem	nithiasech	nithiasent	nithiasid, nithiesid
present subjunctive	nithiwyf	nithiech	nithio	nithiom	nithioch	nithiont	nithier
imperative	—	nithia	nithied	nithiwn	nithiwch	nithient	nithier
verbal noun	nithio
verbal adjectives	nithiedig nithiadwy

Conjugation (colloquial)

Inflected colloquial forms	singular			plural
	first	second	third	first	second	third
future	nithia i, nithiaf i	nithi di	nithith o/e/hi, nithiff e/hi	nithiwn ni	nithiwch chi	nithian nhw
conditional	nithiwn i, nithswn i	nithiet ti, nithset ti	nithiai fo/fe/hi, nithsai fo/fe/hi	nithien ni, nithsen ni	nithiech chi, nithsech chi	nithien nhw, nithsen nhw
preterite	nithiais i, nithies i	nithiaist ti, nithiest ti	nithiodd o/e/hi	nithion ni	nithioch chi	nithion nhw
imperative	—	nithia	—	—	nithiwch	—
Note: All other forms are periphrastic, as usual in colloquial Welsh.

Derived terms

• nithiad (“winnowing”)
• nithiol (“winnowing”)
• nithion (“winnowings”)
• nithiwr (“winnower”)

Further reading

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