Borrowed from Old English līcian (“to like, to please”). The -io suffix added later by analogy with other verbnoun suffixes.
leicio (first-person singular present leiciaf, not mutable)
singular | plural | impersonal | ||||||
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first | second | third | first | second | third | |||
present indicative/future | leiciaf | leici | leicia | leiciwn | leiciwch | leiciant | leicir | |
imperfect (indicative/subjunctive)/conditional | leiciwn | leicit | leiciai | leiciem | leiciech | leicient | leicid | |
preterite | leiciais | leiciaist | leiciodd | leiciasom | leiciasoch | leiciasant | leiciwyd | |
pluperfect | leiciaswn | leiciasit | leiciasai | leiciasem | leiciasech | leiciasent | leiciasid, leiciesid | |
present subjunctive | leiciwyf | leiciech | leicio | leiciom | leicioch | leiciont | leicier | |
imperative | — | leicia | leicied | leiciwn | leiciwch | leicient | leicier | |
verbal noun | leicio | |||||||
verbal adjectives | leiciedig leiciadwy |
Inflected colloquial forms | singular | plural | ||||
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first | second | third | first | second | third | |
future | leicia i, leiciaf i | leici di | leicith o/e/hi, leiciff e/hi | leiciwn ni | leiciwch chi | leician nhw |
conditional | leiciwn i, leicswn i | leiciet ti, leicset ti | leiciai fo/fe/hi, leicsai fo/fe/hi | leicien ni, leicsen ni | leiciech chi, leicsech chi | leicien nhw, leicsen nhw |
preterite | leiciais i, leicies i | leiciaist ti, leiciest ti | leiciodd o/e/hi | leicion ni | leicioch chi | leicion nhw |
imperative | — | leicia | — | — | leiciwch | — |
Note: All other forms are periphrastic, as usual in colloquial Welsh. |