rhwbio

Welsh

Alternative forms

• rwbio
• rwbo

Etymology

Borrowed from English rub.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈr̥ʊbjɔ/

Verb

rhwbio (first-person singular present rhwbiaf)

1. to rub, to chafe

Conjugation

Conjugation (literary)

	singular			plural			impersonal
	first	second	third	first	second	third
present indicative/future	rhwbiaf	rhwbi	rhwbia	rhwbiwn	rhwbiwch	rhwbiant	rhwbir
imperfect (indicative/subjunctive)/conditional	rhwbiwn	rhwbit	rhwbiai	rhwbiem	rhwbiech	rhwbient	rhwbid
preterite	rhwbiais	rhwbiaist	rhwbiodd	rhwbiasom	rhwbiasoch	rhwbiasant	rhwbiwyd
pluperfect	rhwbiaswn	rhwbiasit	rhwbiasai	rhwbiasem	rhwbiasech	rhwbiasent	rhwbiasid, rhwbiesid
present subjunctive	rhwbiwyf	rhwbiech	rhwbio	rhwbiom	rhwbioch	rhwbiont	rhwbier
imperative	—	rhwbia	rhwbied	rhwbiwn	rhwbiwch	rhwbient	rhwbier
verbal noun	rhwbio
verbal adjectives	rhwbiedig rhwbiadwy

Conjugation (colloquial)

Inflected colloquial forms	singular			plural
	first	second	third	first	second	third
future	rhwbia i, rhwbiaf i	rhwbi di	rhwbith o/e/hi, rhwbiff e/hi	rhwbiwn ni	rhwbiwch chi	rhwbian nhw
conditional	rhwbiwn i, rhwbiswn i	rhwbiet ti, rhwbiset ti	rhwbiai fo/fe/hi, rhwbisai fo/fe/hi	rhwbien ni, rhwbisen ni	rhwbiech chi, rhwbisech chi	rhwbien nhw, rhwbisen nhw
preterite	rhwbiais i, rhwbies i	rhwbiaist ti, rhwbiest ti	rhwbiodd o/e/hi	rhwbion ni	rhwbioch chi	rhwbion nhw
imperative	—	rhwbia	—	—	rhwbiwch	—
Note: All other forms are periphrastic, as usual in colloquial Welsh.

Derived terms

• rhwbiad (“rubbing”)

Mutation

Mutated forms of rhwbio

radical	soft	nasal	aspirate
rhwbio	rwbio	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), “rhwbio”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies