seboni

Welsh

Etymology

sebon +‎ -i

Verb

seboni (first-person singular present sebonaf, not mutable)

1. (transitive, intransitive) to soap, to lather (up)
2. (transitive, intransitive, figurative) to soft-soap, to flatter

Conjugation

Conjugation (literary)

	singular			plural			impersonal
	first	second	third	first	second	third
present indicative/future	sebonaf	seboni	sebona	sebonwn	sebonwch	sebonant	sebonir
imperfect (indicative/subjunctive)/ conditional	sebonwn	sebonit	sebonai	sebonem	sebonech	sebonent	sebonid
preterite	sebonais	sebonaist	sebonodd	sebonasom	sebonasoch	sebonasant	sebonwyd
pluperfect	sebonaswn	sebonasit	sebonasai	sebonasem	sebonasech	sebonasent	sebonasid, sebonesid
present subjunctive	sebonwyf	sebonych	sebono	sebonom	sebonoch	sebonont	seboner
imperative	—	sebona	seboned	sebonwn	sebonwch	sebonent	seboner
verbal noun	seboni
verbal adjectives	sebonedig sebonadwy

Conjugation (colloquial)

Inflected colloquial forms	singular			plural
	first	second	third	first	second	third
future	sebona i, sebonaf i	seboni di	sebonith o/e/hi, seboniff e/hi	sebonwn ni	sebonwch chi	sebonan nhw
conditional	sebonwn i, sebonswn i	sebonet ti, sebonset ti	sebonai fo/fe/hi, sebonsai fo/fe/hi	sebonen ni, sebonsen ni	sebonech chi, sebonsech chi	sebonen nhw, sebonsen nhw
preterite	sebonais i, sebones i	sebonaist ti, sebonest ti	sebonodd o/e/hi	sebonon ni	sebonoch chi	sebonon nhw
imperative	—	sebona	—	—	sebonwch	—
Note: All other forms are periphrastic, as usual in colloquial Welsh.

Derived terms

• sebonwr m (“flatterer”)

Further reading

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