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Welsh
Etymology
From Middle Welsh eisseu, from Proto-Brythonic *eisɨɣu, borrowed from Latin exiguus (“having required”).
Pronunciation
Noun
eisiau m (uncountable)
- (with bod and a preceding subject; functioning as a verbnoun) want
Dw i eisiau diod.- I want a drink.
Dw i eisiau yfed.- I want to drink.
Mae hi eisiau diod hefyd.- She wants a drink too.
- (with bod, a noun, pronoun or numeral and the preposition ar) need
Mae eisiau diod arna i.- I need a drink.
Mae eisiau diod arni hi hefyd.- She needs a drink too.
- (with bod and an i-content clause) need
Mae eisiau i mi yfed.- I need to drink.
- (literary) want (with bod and preposition ar)
- 1588, Y Beibl cyssegr-lan, Salm 23:1:
Yr Arglwydd yw fy Mugail; ni bydd eisiau arnaf.- The Lord is my shepherd; I shall not want.
Usage notes
- In sense 1, because eisiau is a noun, it does not use yn with bod and has no stem, meaning it must be used periphrastically. See angen (“need”) and ofn (“be afraid of”) for similar examples.
Synonyms
Mutation