rhagdybio
Welsh
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From rhag- (“pre-, fore-”) + tybio (“think, suppose”).
Verb
[edit]rhagdybio (first-person singular present rhagdybiaf)
- to presuppose, presume
Conjugation
[edit]Conjugation (literary)
| singular | plural | impersonal | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| first | second | third | first | second | third | |||
| present indicative/future | rhagdybiaf | rhagdybi | rhagdyb, rhagdybia | rhagdybiwn | rhagdybiwch | rhagdybiant | rhagdybir | |
| imperfect (indicative/subjunctive)/conditional | rhagdybiwn | rhagdybit | rhagdybiai | rhagdybiem | rhagdybiech | rhagdybient | rhagdybid | |
| preterite | rhagdybiais | rhagdybiaist | rhagdybiodd | rhagdybiasom | rhagdybiasoch | rhagdybiasant | rhagdybiwyd | |
| pluperfect | rhagdybiaswn | rhagdybiasit | rhagdybiasai | rhagdybiasem | rhagdybiasech | rhagdybiasent | rhagdybiasid, rhagdybiesid | |
| present subjunctive | rhagdybiwyf | rhagdybiech | rhagdybio | rhagdybiom | rhagdybioch | rhagdybiont | rhagdybier | |
| imperative | — | rhagdybia | rhagdybied | rhagdybiwn | rhagdybiwch | rhagdybient | rhagdybier | |
| verbal noun | rhagdybio | |||||||
| verbal adjectives | rhagdybiedig rhagdybiadwy | |||||||
Conjugation (colloquial)
| Inflected colloquial forms | singular | plural | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| first | second | third | first | second | third | |
| future | rhagdybia i, rhagdybiaf i | rhagdybi di | rhagdybith o/e/hi, rhagdybiff e/hi | rhagdybiwn ni | rhagdybiwch chi | rhagdybian nhw |
| conditional | rhagdybiwn i, rhagdybswn i | rhagdybiet ti, rhagdybset ti | rhagdybiai fo/fe/hi, rhagdybsai fo/fe/hi | rhagdybien ni, rhagdybsen ni | rhagdybiech chi, rhagdybsech chi | rhagdybien nhw, rhagdybsen nhw |
| preterite | rhagdybiais i, rhagdybies i | rhagdybiaist ti, rhagdybiest ti | rhagdybiodd o/e/hi | rhagdybion ni | rhagdybioch chi | rhagdybion nhw |
| imperative | — | rhagdybia | — | — | rhagdybiwch | — |
| Note: All other forms are periphrastic, as usual in colloquial Welsh. | ||||||
Derived terms
[edit]- rhagdybiaeth (“hypothesis”)
Mutation
[edit]| radical | soft | nasal | aspirate |
|---|---|---|---|
| rhagdybio | ragdybio | 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), “rhagdybio”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies