ymgeisio

Welsh

Etymology

From ym- +‎ ceisio.

Pronunciation

• (North Wales) IPA^(key): /əmˈɡei̯ʃɔ/
• (South Wales) IPA^(key): /əmˈɡei̯sjɔ/, /əmˈɡei̯ʃɔ/

Verb

ymgeisio (first-person singular present ymgeisiaf)

1. to attempt, to try
2. to apply [with am ‘for something’]

Conjugation

Conjugation (literary)

	singular			plural			impersonal
	first	second	third	first	second	third
present indicative/future	ymgeisiaf	ymgeisi	ymgeisia	ymgeisiwn	ymgeisiwch	ymgeisiant	ymgeisir
imperfect (indicative/subjunctive)/conditional	ymgeisiwn	ymgeisit	ymgeisiai	ymgeisiem	ymgeisiech	ymgeisient	ymgeisid
preterite	ymgeisiais	ymgeisiaist	ymgeisiodd	ymgeisiasom	ymgeisiasoch	ymgeisiasant	ymgeisiwyd
pluperfect	ymgeisiaswn	ymgeisiasit	ymgeisiasai	ymgeisiasem	ymgeisiasech	ymgeisiasent	ymgeisiasid, ymgeisiesid
present subjunctive	ymgeisiwyf	ymgeisiech	ymgeisio	ymgeisiom	ymgeisioch	ymgeisiont	ymgeisier
imperative	—	ymgeisia	ymgeisied	ymgeisiwn	ymgeisiwch	ymgeisient	ymgeisier
verbal noun	ymgeisio
verbal adjectives	ymgeisiedig ymgeisiadwy

Conjugation (colloquial)

inflected colloquial forms	singular			plural
	first	second	third	first	second	third
future	ymgeisia i, ymgeisiaf i	ymgeisi di	ymgeisith o/e/hi, ymgeisiff e/hi	ymgeisiwn ni	ymgeisiwch chi	ymgeisian nhw
conditional	ymgeisiwn i, ymgeisiswn i	ymgeisiet ti, ymgeisiset ti	ymgeisiai fo/fe/hi, ymgeisisai fo/fe/hi	ymgeisien ni, ymgeisisen ni	ymgeisiech chi, ymgeisisech chi	ymgeisien nhw, ymgeisisen nhw
preterite	ymgeisiais i, ymgeisies i	ymgeisiaist ti, ymgeisiest ti	ymgeisiodd o/e/hi	ymgeision ni	ymgeisioch chi	ymgeision nhw
imperative	—	ymgeisia	—	—	ymgeisiwch	—

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

Derived terms

• ymgais (“attempt”)
• ymgeisydd (“applicant; candidate”)

Mutation

Mutated forms of ymgeisio

radical	soft	nasal	h-prothesis
ymgeisio	unchanged	unchanged	hymgeisio

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