ymffrostio

Welsh

Etymology

ym- +‎ ffrostio (“to boast”),[1] ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *sper- (“to scatter”)[2] [whence English spread, Ancient Greek σπείρω (speírō, “sow”)].

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /əmˈfrɔsdjɔ/, [əmˈfrɔstjɔ]

Verb

ymffrostio (first-person singular present ymffrostiaf)

  1. to boast, to self-aggrandize
    Synonyms: brolio, bocsachu, ymfalchïo, ymhyfrydu

Conjugation

Conjugation of ymffrostio (literary)
singular plural impersonal
first second third first second third
present indicative/future ymffrostiaf ymffrosti ymffrostia ymffrostiwn ymffrostiwch ymffrostiant ymffrostir
imperfect (indicative/subjunctive)/conditional ymffrostiwn ymffrostit ymffrostiai ymffrostiem ymffrostiech ymffrostient ymffrostid
preterite ymffrostiais ymffrostiaist ymffrostiodd ymffrostiasom ymffrostiasoch ymffrostiasant ymffrostiwyd
pluperfect ymffrostiaswn ymffrostiasit ymffrostiasai ymffrostiasem ymffrostiasech ymffrostiasent ymffrostiasid, ymffrostiesid
present subjunctive ymffrostiwyf ymffrostiech ymffrostio ymffrostiom ymffrostioch ymffrostiont ymffrostier
imperative — ymffrostia ymffrostied ymffrostiwn ymffrostiwch ymffrostient ymffrostier
verbal noun ymffrostio
verbal adjectives ymffrostiedig
ymffrostiadwy
Conjugation of ymffrostio (colloquial)
inflected
colloquial forms 		singular plural
first second third first second third
future ymffrostia i,
ymffrostiaf i 		ymffrosti di ymffrostith o/e/hi,
ymffrostiff e/hi 		ymffrostiwn ni ymffrostiwch chi ymffrostian nhw
conditional ymffrostiwn i,
ymffrostswn i 		ymffrostiet ti,
ymffrostset ti 		ymffrostiai fo/fe/hi,
ymffrostsai fo/fe/hi 		ymffrostien ni,
ymffrostsen ni 		ymffrostiech chi,
ymffrostsech chi 		ymffrostien nhw,
ymffrostsen nhw
preterite ymffrostiais i,
ymffrosties i 		ymffrostiaist ti,
ymffrostiest ti 		ymffrostiodd o/e/hi ymffrostion ni ymffrostioch chi ymffrostion nhw
imperative — ymffrostia — — ymffrostiwch —

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

Derived terms

  • ymffrost (“boast”, noun)
  • ymffrostiad (“boasting”, noun)

Mutation

Mutated forms of ymffrostio
radical soft nasal h-prothesis
ymffrostio unchanged unchanged hymffrostio

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

References

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

Further reading

  • Griffiths, Bruce; Glyn Jones, Dafydd (1995), Geiriadur yr Academi: The Welsh Academy English–Welsh Dictionary‎[1], Cardiff: University of Wales Press, →ISBN
  • D. G. Lewis, N. Lewis, editors (2005–present), “ymffrostio”, in Gweiadur: the Welsh–English Dictionary, Gwerin
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