adfeilio

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Welsh

Etymology

ad- +‎ an unclear root *bal +‎ -io, possibly related to ball (“pestilence, destruction”).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /adˈvei̯ljɔ/

Verb

adfeilio (first-person singular present adfeiliaf)

to fall down, to become a ruin, to go to ruin

Conjugation

Conjugation (literary)

	singular			plural			impersonal
	first	second	third	first	second	third	impersonal
present indicative/future	adfeiliaf	adfeili	adfeilia	adfeiliwn	adfeiliwch	adfeiliant	adfeilir
imperfect (indicative/subjunctive)/conditional	adfeiliwn	adfeilit	adfeiliai	adfeiliem	adfeiliech	adfeilient	adfeilid
preterite	adfeiliais	adfeiliaist	adfeiliodd	adfeiliasom	adfeiliasoch	adfeiliasant	adfeiliwyd
pluperfect	adfeiliaswn	adfeiliasit	adfeiliasai	adfeiliasem	adfeiliasech	adfeiliasent	adfeiliasid, adfeiliesid
present subjunctive	adfeiliwyf	adfeiliech	adfeilio	adfeiliom	adfeilioch	adfeiliont	adfeilier
imperative	—	adfeilia	adfeilied	adfeiliwn	adfeiliwch	adfeilient	adfeilier
verbal noun	adfeilio
verbal adjectives	adfeiliedig, adfeiledig adfeiliadwy, adfeiladwy

Conjugation (colloquial)

Inflected colloquial forms	singular			plural
Inflected colloquial forms	first	second	third	first	second	third
future	adfeilia i, adfeiliaf i	adfeili di	adfeilith o/e/hi, adfeiliff e/hi	adfeiliwn ni	adfeiliwch chi	adfeilian nhw
conditional	adfeiliwn i, adfeilswn i	adfeiliet ti, adfeilset ti	adfeiliai fo/fe/hi, adfeilsai fo/fe/hi	adfeilien ni, adfeilsen ni	adfeiliech chi, adfeilsech chi	adfeilien nhw, adfeilsen nhw
preterite	adfeiliais i, adfeilies i	adfeiliaist ti, adfeiliest ti	adfeiliodd o/e/hi	adfeilion ni	adfeilioch chi	adfeilion nhw
imperative	—	adfeilia	—	—	adfeiliwch	—
Note: All other forms are periphrastic, as usual in colloquial Welsh.

Derived terms

adfeiliad (“ruin, decay”)
adfeiliedig (“ruined, in ruin, decayed”)

Mutation

Mutated forms of *adfeilio*
radical	soft	nasal	h-prothesis
adfeilio	unchanged	unchanged	hadfeilio

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

References

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