tolchi

Welsh

Etymology

From tolch (“clot”) +‎ -i.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈtɔlχi/
• Rhymes: -ɔlχi

Verb

tolchi (first-person singular present tolchaf)

1. to clot
2. to coagulate

Conjugation

Conjugation (literary)

	singular			plural			impersonal
	first	second	third	first	second	third
present indicative/future	tolchaf	tolchi	tolch, tolcha	tolchwn	tolchwch	tolchant	tolchir
imperfect (indicative/subjunctive)/ conditional	tolchwn	tolchit	tolchai	tolchem	tolchech	tolchent	tolchid
preterite	tolchais	tolchaist	tolchodd	tolchasom	tolchasoch	tolchasant	tolchwyd
pluperfect	tolchaswn	tolchasit	tolchasai	tolchasem	tolchasech	tolchasent	tolchasid, tolchesid
present subjunctive	tolchwyf	tolchych	tolcho	tolchom	tolchoch	tolchont	tolcher
imperative	—	tolch, tolcha	tolched	tolchwn	tolchwch	tolchent	tolcher
verbal noun	tolchi
verbal adjectives	tolchedig tolchadwy

Conjugation (colloquial)

inflected colloquial forms	singular			plural
	first	second	third	first	second	third
future	tolcha i, tolchaf i	tolchi di	tolchith o/e/hi, tolchiff e/hi	tolchwn ni	tolchwch chi	tolchan nhw
conditional	tolchwn i, tolchswn i	tolchet ti, tolchset ti	tolchai fo/fe/hi, tolchsai fo/fe/hi	tolchen ni, tolchsen ni	tolchech chi, tolchsech chi	tolchen nhw, tolchsen nhw
preterite	tolchais i, tolches i	tolchaist ti, tolchest ti	tolchodd o/e/hi	tolchon ni	tolchoch chi	tolchon nhw
imperative	—	tolcha	—	—	tolchwch	—

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

Derived terms

• tolchiad (“coagulation, thrombosis”)

Mutation

Mutated forms of tolchi

radical	soft	nasal	aspirate
tolchi	dolchi	nholchi	tholchi

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), “tolchi”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies