arestio

Welsh

Etymology

Borrowed from English arrest + -io.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /aˈrɛsdjɔ/, [aˈrɛstjɔ]

Verb

arestio (first-person singular present arestiaf)

1. (transitive) to arrest, to take into custody

Conjugation

Conjugation of arestio (literary)

	singular			plural			impersonal
	first	second	third	first	second	third
present indicative/future	arestiaf	aresti	arestia	arestiwn	arestiwch	arestiant	arestir
imperfect (indicative/subjunctive)/conditional	arestiwn	arestit	arestiai	arestiem	arestiech	arestient	arestid
preterite	arestiais	arestiaist	arestiodd	arestiasom	arestiasoch	arestiasant	arestiwyd
pluperfect	arestiaswn	arestiasit	arestiasai	arestiasem	arestiasech	arestiasent	arestiasid, arestiesid
present subjunctive	arestiwyf	arestiech	arestio	arestiom	arestioch	arestiont	arestier
imperative	—	arestia	arestied	arestiwn	arestiwch	arestient	arestier
verbal noun	arestio
verbal adjectives	arestiedig arestiadwy

Conjugation of arestio (colloquial)

inflected colloquial forms	singular			plural
	first	second	third	first	second	third
future	arestia i, arestiaf i	aresti di	arestith o/e/hi, arestiff e/hi	arestiwn ni	arestiwch chi	arestian nhw
conditional	arestiwn i, arestiswn i	arestiet ti, arestiset ti	arestiai fo/fe/hi, arestisai fo/fe/hi	arestien ni, arestisen ni	arestiech chi, arestisech chi	arestien nhw, arestisen nhw
preterite	arestiais i, aresties i	arestiaist ti, arestiest ti	arestiodd o/e/hi	arestion ni	arestioch chi	arestion nhw
imperative	—	arestia	—	—	arestiwch	—

Note: All other forms are periphrastic, as usual in colloquial Welsh.

Derived terms

• arestiad (“arrest”)

Mutation

Mutated forms of arestio

radical	soft	nasal	h-prothesis
arestio	unchanged	unchanged	harestio

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), “arestio”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies