deillio

Welsh

Etymology

From Proto-Brythonic *dėlnjọd, from Proto-Celtic *dalnīti, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *dʰelh₁- (same root as dail (leaves)). Cognate with Cornish dyllo (publish).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈdei̯ɬjɔ/
  • Rhymes: -ei̯ɬjɔ

Verb

deillio (first-person singular present deilliaf)

  1. to emanate, to stem, to derive, to arise [with o ‘from somewhere/something’]
    Synonyms: hanfod, tarddu
  2. to originate, to descend
    Synonyms: disgyn, hanfod, ymdaenu

Conjugation

Conjugation of deillio (literary)
singular plural impersonal
first second third first second third
present indicative/future deilliaf deilli deillia deilliwn deilliwch deilliant deillir
imperfect (indicative/subjunctive)/conditional deilliwn deillit deilliai deilliem deilliech deillient deillid
preterite deilliais deilliaist deilliodd deilliasom deilliasoch deilliasant deilliwyd
pluperfect deilliaswn deilliasit deilliasai deilliasem deilliasech deilliasent deilliasid, deilliesid
present subjunctive deilliwyf deilliech deillio deilliom deillioch deilliont deillier
imperative deillia deillied deilliwn deilliwch deillient deillier
verbal noun deillio
verbal adjectives deilliedig
deilliadwy
Conjugation (colloquial)
inflected
colloquial forms
singular plural
first second third first second third
future deillia i,
deilliaf i
deilli di deillith o/e/hi,
deilliff e/hi
deilliwn ni deilliwch chi deillian nhw
conditional deilliwn i,
deillswn i
deilliet ti,
deillset ti
deilliai fo/fe/hi,
deillsai fo/fe/hi
deillien ni,
deillsen ni
deilliech chi,
deillsech chi
deillien nhw,
deillsen nhw
preterite deilliais i,
deillies i
deilliaist ti,
deilliest ti
deilliodd o/e/hi deillion ni deillioch chi deillion nhw
imperative deillia deilliwch

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

Derived terms

Mutation

Mutated forms of deillio
radical soft nasal aspirate
deillio ddeillio neillio 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), “deillio”, in Gweiadur: the Welsh–English Dictionary, Gwerin
  • R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke et al., editors (1950–present), “deillio”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies