petruso
Welsh
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From petrus (“hesitant”) + -o.
Pronunciation
[edit]- (North Wales) IPA(key): /pɛtˈrɨ̞sɔ/
- (South Wales) IPA(key): /pɛtˈrɪsɔ/
Verb
[edit]petruso (first-person singular present petrusaf)
Conjugation
[edit]Conjugation (literary)
| singular | plural | impersonal | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| first | second | third | first | second | third | |||
| present indicative/future | petrusaf | petrusi | petrus, petrusa | petruswn | petruswch | petrusant | petrusir | |
| imperfect (indicative/subjunctive)/ conditional |
petruswn | petrusit | petrusai | petrusem | petrusech | petrusent | petrusid | |
| preterite | petrusais | petrusaist | petrusodd | petrusasom | petrusasoch | petrusasant | petruswyd | |
| pluperfect | petrusaswn | petrusasit | petrusasai | petrusasem | petrusasech | petrusasent | petrusasid, petrusesid | |
| present subjunctive | petruswyf | petrusych | petruso | petrusom | petrusoch | petrusont | petruser | |
| imperative | — | petrus, petrusa | petrused | petruswn | petruswch | petrusent | petruser | |
| verbal noun | petruso | |||||||
| verbal adjectives | petrusedig petrusadwy | |||||||
Conjugation (colloquial)
| Inflected colloquial forms | singular | plural | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| first | second | third | first | second | third | |
| future | petrusa i, petrusaf i | petrusi di | petrusith o/e/hi, petrusiff e/hi | petruswn ni | petruswch chi | petrusan nhw |
| conditional | petruswn i, petrusswn i | petruset ti, petrusset ti | petrusai fo/fe/hi, petrussai fo/fe/hi | petrusen ni, petrussen ni | petrusech chi, petrussech chi | petrusen nhw, petrussen nhw |
| preterite | petrusais i, petruses i | petrusaist ti, petrusest ti | petrusodd o/e/hi | petruson ni | petrusoch chi | petruson nhw |
| imperative | — | petrusa | — | — | petruswch | — |
| Note: All other forms are periphrastic, as usual in colloquial Welsh. | ||||||
Synonyms
[edit]- oedi
- gohirio
- simsanu
- (archaic): bod ar y ding-dong (literally “to be on the ding-dong”)
Mutation
[edit]| radical | soft | nasal | aspirate |
|---|---|---|---|
| petruso | betruso | mhetruso | phetruso |
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), “petruso”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies