manteisio
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Welsh[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From mantais (“advantage”) + -io.
Verb[edit]
manteisio (first-person singular present manteisiaf)
- to take advantage, to make use [+ ar (object) = of something]
Conjugation[edit]
Conjugation (literary)
| singular | plural | impersonal | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| first | second | third | first | second | third | |||
| present indicative/future | manteisiaf | manteisi | manteisia | manteisiwn | manteisiwch | manteisiant | manteisir | |
| imperfect (indicative/subjunctive)/conditional | manteisiwn | manteisit | manteisiai | manteisiem | manteisiech | manteisient | manteisid | |
| preterite | manteisiais | manteisiaist | manteisiodd | manteisiasom | manteisiasoch | manteisiasant | manteisiwyd | |
| pluperfect | manteisiaswn | manteisiasit | manteisiasai | manteisiasem | manteisiasech | manteisiasent | manteisiasid, manteisiesid | |
| present subjunctive | manteisiwyf | manteisiech | manteisio | manteisiom | manteisioch | manteisiont | manteisier | |
| imperative | — | manteisia | manteisied | manteisiwn | manteisiwch | manteisient | manteisier | |
| verbal noun | manteisio | |||||||
| verbal adjectives | manteisiedig manteisiadwy | |||||||
Conjugation (colloquial)
| Inflected colloquial forms | singular | plural | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| first | second | third | first | second | third | |
| future | manteisia i, manteisiaf i | manteisi di | manteisith o/e/hi, manteisiff e/hi | manteisiwn ni | manteisiwch chi | manteisian nhw |
| conditional | manteisiwn i, manteiswn i | manteisiet ti, manteiset ti | manteisiai fo/fe/hi, manteisai fo/fe/hi | manteisien ni, manteisen ni | manteisiech chi, manteisech chi | manteisien nhw, manteisen nhw |
| preterite | manteisiais i, manteisies i | manteisiaist ti, manteisiest ti | manteisiodd o/e/hi | manteision ni | manteisioch chi | manteision nhw |
| imperative | — | manteisia | — | — | manteisiwch | — |
| Note: All other forms are periphrastic, as usual in colloquial Welsh. | ||||||
Mutation[edit]
| Welsh mutation | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| radical | soft | nasal | aspirate |
| manteisio | fanteisio | unchanged | unchanged |
| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. | |||
Further reading[edit]
- R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke et al., editors (1950–present), “manteisio”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies