dowcio

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Welsh

Alternative forms

Etymology

Borrowed from dialectal English dook, dowk, douk (“dunk, plunge”).

Pronunciation

Verb

dowcio (first-person singular present dowciaf)

  1. (Northwest Wales, transitive) to dunk, to plunge
    Synonyms: trochi, suddo
  2. (Northwest Wales, intransitive) to plunge, to dive
    Synonyms: plymio, deifio

Conjugation

Conjugation (literary)
singular plural impersonal
first second third first second third
present indicative/future dowciaf dowcii dowci, dowcia dowciwn dowciwch dowciant dowciir
imperfect (indicative/subjunctive)/
conditional 		dowciwn dowciit dowciai dowciem dowciech dowcient dowciid
preterite dowciais dowciaist dowciodd dowciasom dowciasoch dowciasant dowciwyd
pluperfect dowciaswn dowciasit dowciasai dowciasem dowciasech dowciasent dowciasid, dowciesid
present subjunctive dowciwyf dowciych dowcio dowciom dowcioch dowciont dowcier
imperative — dowci, dowcia dowcied dowciwn dowciwch dowcient dowcier
verbal noun dowcio
verbal adjectives dowciedig
dowciadwy
Conjugation (colloquial)
Inflected colloquial forms singular plural
first second third first second third
future dowcia i, dowciaf i dowci di dowcith o/e/hi, dowciff e/hi dowciwn ni dowciwch chi dowcian nhw
conditional dowciwn i, dowcswn i dowciet ti, dowcset ti dowciai fo/fe/hi, dowcsai fo/fe/hi dowcien ni, dowcsen ni dowciech chi, dowcsech chi dowcien nhw, dowcsen nhw
preterite dowciais i, dowcies i dowciaist ti, dowciest ti dowciodd o/e/hi dowcion ni dowcioch chi dowcion nhw
imperative — dowcia — — dowciwch —
Note: All other forms are periphrastic, as usual in colloquial Welsh.

Derived terms

Mutation

Mutated forms of dowcio
radical soft nasal aspirate
dowcio ddowcio nowcio unchanged

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

Further reading

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