croesholi

Welsh

Etymology

From croes (“cross”) +‎ holi (“to question”).

Pronunciation

• (North Wales) IPA^(key): /krɔɨ̯sˈhɔlɪ/
• (South Wales) IPA^(key): /krɔi̯sˈhoːli/, /ˈkrɔi̯sˈhɔli/

Verb

croesholi (first-person singular present croesholaf)

1. (ambitransitive) to cross-question, cross-examine

Conjugation

Conjugation (literary)

	singular			plural			impersonal
	first	second	third	first	second	third
present indicative/future	croesholaf	croesholi	croeshola	croesholwn	croesholwch	croesholant	croesholir
imperfect (indicative/subjunctive)/ conditional	croesholwn	croesholit	croesholai	croesholem	croesholech	croesholent	croesholid
preterite	croesholais	croesholaist	croesholodd	croesholasom	croesholasoch	croesholasant	croesholwyd
pluperfect	croesholaswn	croesholasit	croesholasai	croesholasem	croesholasech	croesholasent	croesholasid, croesholesid
present subjunctive	croesholwyf	croesholych	croesholo	croesholom	croesholoch	croesholont	croesholer
imperative	—	croeshola	croesholed	croesholwn	croesholwch	croesholent	croesholer
verbal noun	croesholi
verbal adjectives	croesholedig croesholadwy

Conjugation (colloquial)

inflected colloquial forms	singular			plural
	first	second	third	first	second	third
future	croesholia i, croesholiaf i	croesholi di	croesholith o/e/hi, croesholiff e/hi	croesholiwn ni	croesholiwch chi	croesholian nhw
conditional	croesholiwn i, croesholiswn i	croesholiet ti, croesholiset ti	croesholiai fo/fe/hi, croesholisai fo/fe/hi	croesholien ni, croesholisen ni	croesholiech chi, croesholisech chi	croesholien nhw, croesholisen nhw
preterite	croesholiais i, croesholies i	croesholiaist ti, croesholiest ti	croesholiodd o/e/hi	croesholion ni	croesholioch chi	croesholion nhw
imperative	—	croesholia	—	—	croesholiwch	—

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

Derived terms

• croesholiad m (“cross-questioning”)

Mutation

Mutated forms of croesholi

radical	soft	nasal	aspirate
croesholi	groesholi	nghroesholi	chroesholi

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Welsh.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

References

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