stwnsio

Welsh

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈsdʊnʃɔ/, [ˈstʊnʃɔ]

Verb

stwnsio (first-person singular present stwnsiaf, not mutable)

1. to mash (vegetables, etc.)
2. to mix up, make a mess of, rumple
3. to potter about
4. to talk nonsense

Conjugation

Conjugation (literary)

	singular			plural			impersonal
	first	second	third	first	second	third
present indicative/future	stwnsiaf	stwnshi	stwnsia	stwnsiwn	stwnsiwch	stwnsiant	stwnshir
imperfect (indicative/subjunctive)/conditional	stwnsiwn	stwnshit	stwnsiai	stwnsiem	stwnsiech	stwnsient	stwnshid
preterite	stwnsiais	stwnsiaist	stwnsiodd	stwnsiasom	stwnsiasoch	stwnsiasant	stwnsiwyd
pluperfect	stwnsiaswn	stwnsiasit	stwnsiasai	stwnsiasem	stwnsiasech	stwnsiasent	stwnsiasid, stwnsiesid
present subjunctive	stwnsiwyf	stwnsiech	stwnsio	stwnsiom	stwnsioch	stwnsiont	stwnsier
imperative	—	stwnsia	stwnsied	stwnsiwn	stwnsiwch	stwnsient	stwnsier
verbal noun	stwnsio
verbal adjectives	stwnsiedig stwnsiadwy

Conjugation (colloquial)

Inflected colloquial forms	singular			plural
	first	second	third	first	second	third
future	stwnsia i, stwnsiaf i	stwnshi di	stwnshith o/e/hi, stwnshiff o/e/hi	stwnsiwn ni	stwnsiwch chi	stwnsian nhw
conditional	stwnsiwn i	stwnsiet ti	stwnsiai fo/fe/hi	stwnsien ni	stwnsiech chi	stwnsien nhw
preterite	stwnsiais i, stwnsies i	stwnsiaist ti, stwnsiest ti	stwnsiodd o/e/hi	stwnsion ni	stwnsioch chi	stwnsion nhw
imperative	—	stwnsia	—	—	stwnsiwch	—
Note: All other forms are periphrastic, as usual in colloquial Welsh.

Derived terms

• stwnsiwr m (“masher”)

Related terms

• stwnsh (“mash”)

References

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