mitsio

Welsh

Etymology

Borrowed from English mitch.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈmɪt͡ʃɔ/
• Rhymes: -ɪtʃɔ

Verb

mitsio (first-person singular present mitsiaf)

1. (South Wales, informal) to mitch, to skive, to bunk off, to play truant

   Synonym: sgeifio

   Maen nhw wedi bod yn mitsio o'r ysgol.

   They've been bunking off school.

Conjugation

Conjugation (literary)

	singular			plural			impersonal
	first	second	third	first	second	third
present indicative/future	mitsiaf	mitshi	mitsia	mitsiwn	mitsiwch	mitsiant	mitshir
imperfect (indicative/subjunctive)/conditional	mitsiwn	mitshit	mitsiai	mitsiem	mitsiech	mitsient	mitshid
preterite	mitsiais	mitsiaist	mitsiodd	mitsiasom	mitsiasoch	mitsiasant	mitsiwyd
pluperfect	mitsiaswn	mitsiasit	mitsiasai	mitsiasem	mitsiasech	mitsiasent	mitsiasid, mitsiesid
present subjunctive	mitsiwyf	mitsiech	mitsio	mitsiom	mitsioch	mitsiont	mitsier
imperative	—	mitsia	mitsied	mitsiwn	mitsiwch	mitsient	mitsier
verbal noun	mitsio
verbal adjectives	mitsiedig mitsiadwy

Conjugation (colloquial)

Inflected colloquial forms	singular			plural
	first	second	third	first	second	third
future	mitsia i, mitsiaf i	mitshi di	mitshith o/e/hi, mitshiff o/e/hi	mitsiwn ni	mitsiwch chi	mitsian nhw
conditional	mitsiwn i	mitsiet ti	mitsiai fo/fe/hi	mitsien ni	mitsiech chi	mitsien nhw
preterite	mitsiais i, mitsies i	mitsiaist ti, mitsiest ti	mitsiodd o/e/hi	mitsion ni	mitsioch chi	mitsion nhw
imperative	—	mitsia	—	—	mitsiwch	—
Note: All other forms are periphrastic, as usual in colloquial Welsh.

References

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