arnofio

Welsh

Etymology

ar- (“over-, super-, sur-”) +‎ nofio (“to swim”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /arˈnɔvjɔ/
• Rhymes: -ɔvjɔ

Verb

arnofio (first-person singular present arnofiaf)

1. to float

Conjugation

Conjugation (literary)

	singular			plural			impersonal
	first	second	third	first	second	third
present indicative/future	arnofiaf	arnofi	arnawf, arnofia	arnofiwn	arnofiwch	arnofiant	arnofir
imperfect (indicative/subjunctive)/conditional	arnofiwn	arnofit	arnofiai	arnofiem	arnofiech	arnofient	arnofid
preterite	arnofiais	arnofiaist	arnofiodd	arnofiasom	arnofiasoch	arnofiasant	arnofiwyd
pluperfect	arnofiaswn	arnofiasit	arnofiasai	arnofiasem	arnofiasech	arnofiasent	arnofiasid, arnofiesid
present subjunctive	arnofiwyf	arnofiech	arnofio	arnofiom	arnofioch	arnofiont	arnofier
imperative	—	arnawf, arnofia	arnofied	arnofiwn	arnofiwch	arnofient	arnofier
verbal noun	arnofio
verbal adjectives	arnofiedig arnofiadwy

Conjugation (colloquial)

Inflected colloquial forms	singular			plural
	first	second	third	first	second	third
future	nofia i, nofiaf i	nofi di	nofith o/e/hi, nofiff e/hi	nofiwn ni	nofiwch chi	nofian nhw
conditional	arnofiwn i, arnofswn i	arnofiet ti, arnofset ti	arnofiai fo/fe/hi, arnofsai fo/fe/hi	arnofien ni, arnofsen ni	arnofiech chi, arnofsech chi	arnofien nhw, arnofsen nhw
preterite	nofiais i, nofies i	nofiaist ti, nofiest ti	nofiodd o/e/hi	nofion ni	nofioch chi	nofion nhw
imperative	—	nofia	—	—	nofiwch	—
Note: All other forms are periphrastic, as usual in colloquial Welsh.

Further reading

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