eisiau
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Welsh
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]Etymology
[edit]FromMiddle Welsheisseu,fromProto-Brythonic*eisɨɣu,borrowed fromLatinexiguus(“having required”).
Pronunciation
[edit]- (North Wales,standard)IPA(key):/ˈei̯ʃaɨ̯/
- (North Wales,colloquial)IPA(key):/ˈɪʃɔ/
- (South Wales,standard)IPA(key):/ˈei̯sjai̯/,/ˈei̯ʃai̯/
- (South Wales,colloquial)IPA(key):/ˈiːʃɛ/,/ˈɪʃɛ/,/ˈiːsɛ/,/ˈɪsɛ/
- Rhymes:-ei̯sjaɨ̯
Noun
[edit]eisiaum(uncountable)
- (withbodand a preceding subject; functioning as a verbnoun)want
- Dw ieisiaudiod.
- Iwanta drink.
- Dw ieisiauyfed.
- Iwantto drink.
- Mae hieisiaudiod hefyd.
- Shewantsa drink too.
- (withbod,a noun, pronoun or numeral and the prepositionar)need
- Maeeisiaudiod arna i.
- Ineeda drink.
- Maeeisiaudiod arni hi hefyd.
- Sheneedsa drink too.
- (withbodand ani-content clause)need
- Maeeisiaui mi yfed.
- Ineedto drink.
- (literary)want(withbodand prepositionar)
- 1588,Y Beibl cyssegr-lan,Salm 23:1:
- YrArglwyddyw fy Mugail; ni byddeisiauarnaf.
- TheLordis my shepherd; I shall notwant.
- 1588,Y Beibl cyssegr-lan,Salm 23:1:
Usage notes
[edit]- In sense 1, becauseeisiauis a noun, it does not useynwithbodand has no stem, meaning it must be used periphrastically. Seeangen(“need”)andofn(“be afraid of”)for similar examples.
Synonyms
[edit]Mutation
[edit]Welsh mutation | |||
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radical | soft | nasal | h-prothesis |
eisiau | unchanged | unchanged | heisiau |
Note:Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. |
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- Rhymes:Welsh/ei̯sjaɨ̯
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