From Middle Welsh poby, from Proto-Brythonic *pobɨd, from Proto-Celtic *kʷokʷeti, from Proto-Indo-European *pékʷeti (“to cook”).
pobi (first-person singular present pobaf)
| singular | plural | impersonal | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| first | second | third | first | second | third | |||
| present indicative/future | pobaf | pobi | pob, poba | pobwn | pobwch | pobant | pobir | |
| imperfect (indicative/subjunctive)/ conditional |
pobwn | pobit | pobai | pobem | pobech | pobent | pobid | |
| preterite | pobais | pobaist | pobodd | pobasom | pobasoch | pobasant | pobwyd | |
| pluperfect | pobaswn | pobasit | pobasai | pobasem | pobasech | pobasent | pobasid, pobesid | |
| present subjunctive | pobwyf | pobych | pobo | pobom | poboch | pobont | pober | |
| imperative | — | pob, poba | pobed | pobwn | pobwch | pobent | pober | |
| verbal noun | pobi | |||||||
| verbal adjectives | pobedig pobadwy | |||||||
| Inflected colloquial forms | singular | plural | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| first | second | third | first | second | third | |
| future | poba i, pobaf i | pobi di | pobith o/e/hi, pobiff e/hi | pobwn ni | pobwch chi | poban nhw |
| conditional | pobwn i, pobswn i | pobet ti, pobset ti | pobai fo/fe/hi, pobsai fo/fe/hi | poben ni, pobsen ni | pobech chi, pobsech chi | poben nhw, pobsen nhw |
| preterite | pobais i, pobes i | pobaist ti, pobest ti | pobodd o/e/hi | pobon ni | poboch chi | pobon nhw |
| imperative | — | poba | — | — | pobwch | — |
| Note: All other forms are periphrastic, as usual in colloquial Welsh. | ||||||
| radical | soft | nasal | aspirate |
|---|---|---|---|
| pobi | bobi | mhobi | phobi |
Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Welsh.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.