gohirio

Welsh

Etymology

From gohir (“delay”) +‎ -io, from go- (“sub-”) +‎ hir (“long”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɡɔˈhɪrjɔ/
• Rhymes: -ɪrjɔ

Verb

gohirio (first-person singular present gohiriaf)

1. to postpone, to prolong

   Synonyms: oedi, ymdroi, tario, hwyhau, gadael heibio

Conjugation

Conjugation of gohirio (literary)

	singular			plural			impersonal
	first	second	third	first	second	third
present indicative/future	gohiriaf	gohiri	gohiria	gohiriwn	gohiriwch	gohiriant	gohirir
imperfect (indicative/subjunctive)/conditional	gohiriwn	gohirit	gohiriai	gohiriem	gohiriech	gohirient	gohirid
preterite	gohiriais	gohiriaist	gohiriodd	gohiriasom	gohiriasoch	gohiriasant	gohiriwyd
pluperfect	gohiriaswn	gohiriasit	gohiriasai	gohiriasem	gohiriasech	gohiriasent	gohiriasid, gohiriesid
present subjunctive	gohiriwyf	gohiriech	gohirio	gohiriom	gohirioch	gohiriont	gohirier
imperative	—	gohiria	gohiried	gohiriwn	gohiriwch	gohirient	gohirier
verbal noun	gohirio
verbal adjectives	gohiriedig gohiriadwy

Conjugation of gohirio (colloquial)

inflected colloquial forms	singular			plural
	first	second	third	first	second	third
future	gohiria i, gohiriaf i	gohiri di	gohirith o/e/hi, gohiriff e/hi	gohiriwn ni	gohiriwch chi	gohirian nhw
conditional	gohiriwn i, gohirswn i	gohiriet ti, gohirset ti	gohir fo/fe/hi, gohirsai fo/fe/hi	gohirien ni, gohirsen ni	gohiriech chi, gohirsech chi	gohirien nhw, gohirsen nhw
preterite	gohiriais i, gohiries i	gohiriaist ti, gohiriest ti	gohiriodd o/e/hi	gohirion ni	gohirioch chi	gohirion nhw
imperative	—	gohiria	—	—	gohiriwch	—

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

Derived terms

• gohiriad, gohiriant (“postponement”)

Mutation

Mutated forms of gohirio

radical	soft	nasal	aspirate
gohirio	ohirio	ngohirio	unchanged

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

Further reading

• D. G. Lewis, N. Lewis, editors (2005–present), “gohirio”, in Gweiadur: the Welsh–English Dictionary, Gwerin
• R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke, et al., editors (1950–present), “gohirio”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies