rhofio

Welsh

Alternative forms

• rhawio

Etymology

From rhaw +‎ -io.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈr̥ɔvjɔ/

Verb

rhofio (first-person singular present rhofiaf)

1. to shovel

Conjugation

Conjugation (literary)

	singular			plural			impersonal
	first	second	third	first	second	third
present indicative/future	rhofiaf	rhofi	rhofia	rhofiwn	rhofiwch	rhofiant	rhofir
imperfect (indicative/subjunctive)/conditional	rhofiwn	rhofit	rhofiai	rhofiem	rhofiech	rhofient	rhofid
preterite	rhofiais	rhofiaist	rhofiodd	rhofiasom	rhofiasoch	rhofiasant	rhofiwyd
pluperfect	rhofiaswn	rhofiasit	rhofiasai	rhofiasem	rhofiasech	rhofiasent	rhofiasid, rhofiesid
present subjunctive	rhofiwyf	rhofiech	rhofio	rhofiom	rhofioch	rhofiont	rhofier
imperative	—	rhofia	rhofied	rhofiwn	rhofiwch	rhofient	rhofier
verbal noun	rhofio
verbal adjectives	rhofiedig rhofiadwy

Conjugation (colloquial)

inflected colloquial forms	singular			plural
	first	second	third	first	second	third
future	rhofia i, rhofiaf i	rhofi di	rhofith o/e/hi, rhofiff e/hi	rhofiwn ni	rhofiwch chi	rhofian nhw
conditional	rhofiwn i, rhofswn i	rhofiet ti, rhofset ti	rhofiai fo/fe/hi, rhofsai fo/fe/hi	rhofien ni, rhofsen ni	rhofiech chi, rhofsech chi	rhofien nhw, rhofsen nhw
preterite	rhofiais i, rhofies i	rhofiaist ti, rhofiest ti	rhofiodd o/e/hi	rhofion ni	rhofioch chi	rhofion nhw
imperative	—	rhofia	—	—	rhofiwch	—

Note: All other forms are periphrastic, as usual in colloquial Welsh.

Mutation

Mutated forms of rhofio

radical	soft	nasal	aspirate
rhofio	rofio	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

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