deilio

Welsh

Etymology

From dail (“leaves”) +‎ -io.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈdei̯ljɔ/

Verb

deilio (first-person singular present deiliaf)

1. to bear leaves, to come into leaf, to sprout foliage

Conjugation

Conjugation (literary)

	singular			plural			impersonal
	first	second	third	first	second	third
present indicative/future	deiliaf	deili	deilia	deiliwn	deiliwch	deiliant	deilir
imperfect (indicative/subjunctive)/conditional	deiliwn	deilit	deiliai	deiliem	deiliech	deilient	deilid
preterite	deiliais	deiliaist	deiliodd	deiliasom	deiliasoch	deiliasant	deiliwyd
pluperfect	deiliaswn	deiliasit	deiliasai	deiliasem	deiliasech	deiliasent	deiliasid, deiliesid
present subjunctive	deiliwyf	deiliech	deilio	deiliom	deilioch	deiliont	deilier
imperative	—	deilia	deilied	deiliwn	deiliwch	deilient	deilier
verbal noun	deilio
verbal adjectives	deiliedig deiliadwy

Conjugation (colloquial)

Inflected colloquial forms	singular			plural
	first	second	third	first	second	third
future	deilia i, deiliaf i	deili di	deilith o/e/hi, deiliff e/hi	deiliwn ni	deiliwch chi	deilian nhw
conditional	deiliwn i, deilswn i	deiliet ti, deilset ti	deiliai fo/fe/hi, deilsai fo/fe/hi	deilien ni, deilsen ni	deiliech chi, deilsech chi	deilien nhw, deilsen nhw
preterite	deiliais i, deilies i	deiliaist ti, deiliest ti	deiliodd o/e/hi	deilion ni	deilioch chi	deilion nhw
imperative	—	deilia	—	—	deiliwch	—
Note: All other forms are periphrastic, as usual in colloquial Welsh.

Related terms

• blaguro (“to bud”)
• blodeuo (“to flower”)
• egino (“to sprout”)
• glasu (“to begin to grow”)

Mutation

Welsh mutation
radical	soft	nasal	aspirate
deilio	ddeilio	neilio	unchanged
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References

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