peidio

Welsh

Etymology

From Proto-Brythonic *pat- from Proto-Indo-European *kʷyeh₁- (“to rest”), with the suffix -io.

Pronunciation

• (North Wales, standard) IPA^(key): /ˈpei̯djɔ/
• (South Wales, standard) IPA^(key): /ˈpei̯djɔ/
  • (South Wales, colloquial) IPA^(key): /ˈpei̯dɔ/, /ˈpiːdɔ/
• Rhymes: -ei̯djɔ

Verb

peidio (first-person singular present peidiaf)

1. (intransitive) to cease, stop, refrain

Usage notes

The imperative of this verb is used with â/ag plus verbal noun to form a negative imperative, for example:

• Paid â mynd yn rhy feddw. ― Don't get too drunk. (literally, “Refrain from getting too drunk.”)
• Peidiwch â phoeni am hynny. ― Don't worry about that.
• Paid ag aros amdanaf i. ― Don't wait for me.

Other tenses of the verb can also be used to form a negative of a verbal noun:

• Rydw i'n mwynhau peidio â gweithio ar ddydd Sadwrn. ― I enjoy not working on Saturdays.
• Rhaid i chi beidio ag edrych yn syth ar yr haul. ― You must not look directly at the sun.

Conjugation

Conjugation (literary)

	singular			plural			impersonal
	first	second	third	first	second	third
present indicative/future	peidiaf	peidi	paid	peidiwn	peidiwch	peidiant	peidir
imperfect (indicative/subjunctive)/conditional	peidiwn	peidit	peidiai	peidiem	peidiech	peidient	peidid
preterite	peidiais	peidiaist	peidiodd	peidiasom	peidiasoch	peidiasant	peidiwyd
pluperfect	peidiaswn	peidiasit	peidiasai	peidiasem	peidiasech	peidiasent	peidiasid, peidiesid
present subjunctive	peidiwyf	peidiech	peidio	peidiom	peidioch	peidiont	peidier
imperative	—	paid	peidied	peidiwn	peidiwch	peidient	peidier
verbal noun	peidio
verbal adjectives	peidiedig peidiadwy

Conjugation (colloquial)

Inflected colloquial forms	singular			plural
	first	second	third	first	second	third
future	peidia i, peidiaf i	peidi di	peidith o/e/hi, peidiff e/hi	peidiwn ni	peidiwch chi	peidian nhw
conditional	peidiwn i, peidswn i	peidiet ti, peidset ti	peidiai fo/fe/hi, peidsai fo/fe/hi	peidien ni, peidsen ni	peidiech chi, peidsech chi	peidien nhw, peidsen nhw
preterite	peidiais i, peidies i	peidiaist ti, peidiest ti	peidiodd o/e/hi	peidion ni	peidioch chi	peidion nhw
imperative	—	paid	—	—	peidiwch	—
Note: All other forms are periphrastic, as usual in colloquial Welsh.

Derived terms

• neu beidio? (“or not?”)

Mutation

Welsh mutation
radical	soft	nasal	aspirate
peidio	beidio	mheidio	pheidio
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

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