rheoli

Welsh

Etymology

From rheol +‎ -i.

Pronunciation

• (North Wales) IPA^(key): /r̥ɛˈɔli/
• (South Wales) IPA^(key): /r̥ɛˈoːli/, /r̥ɛˈɔli/

Verb

rheoli (first-person singular present rheolaf)

1. to govern, to rule

   Synonym: llywodraethu

   1. to control

      Synonyms: meistroli, gwastrodi

   2. to manage, to administer

      Synonyms: trefnu, gweinyddu

Conjugation

Conjugation of rheoli (literary)

	singular			plural			impersonal
	first	second	third	first	second	third
present indicative/future	rheolaf	rheoli	rheola	rheolwn	rheolwch	rheolant	rheolir
imperfect (indicative/subjunctive)/ conditional	rheolwn	rheolit	rheolai	rheolem	rheolech	rheolent	rheolid
preterite	rheolais	rheolaist	rheolodd	rheolasom	rheolasoch	rheolasant	rheolwyd
pluperfect	rheolaswn	rheolasit	rheolasai	rheolasem	rheolasech	rheolasent	rheolasid, rheolesid
present subjunctive	rheolwyf	rheolych	rheolo	rheolom	rheoloch	rheolont	rheoler
imperative	—	rheola	rheoled	rheolwn	rheolwch	rheolent	rheoler
verbal noun	rheoli
verbal adjectives	rheoledig rheoladwy

Conjugation of rheoli (colloquial)

inflected colloquial forms	singular			plural
	first	second	third	first	second	third
future	rheola i, rheolaf i	rheoli di	rheolith o/e/hi, rheoliff e/hi	rheolwn ni	rheolwch chi	rheolan nhw
conditional	rheolwn i, rheolswn i	rheolet ti, rheolset ti	rheolai fo/fe/hi, rheolsai fo/fe/hi	rheolen ni, rheolsen ni	rheolech chi, rheolsech chi	rheolen nhw, rheolsen nhw
preterite	rheolais i, rheoles i	rheolaist ti, rheolest ti	rheolodd o/e/hi	rheolon ni	rheoloch chi	rheolon nhw
imperative	—	rheola	—	—	rheolwch	—

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

Derived terms

• camreoli (“to misrule”)
• rheoliad (“regulation”)
• rheolwr (“ruler, governor; manager”)

Mutation

Mutated forms of rheoli

radical	soft	nasal	aspirate
rheoli	reoli	unchanged	unchanged

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

Further reading

• Griffiths, Bruce; Glyn Jones, Dafydd (1995), “misrule”, in Geiriadur yr Academi: The Welsh Academy English–Welsh Dictionary‎^[1], Cardiff: University of Wales Press, →ISBN
• D. G. Lewis, N. Lewis, editors (2005–present), “rheoli”, in Gweiadur: the Welsh–English Dictionary, Gwerin
• R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke, et al., editors (1950–present), “rheoli”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies