deillio

Welsh

Etymology

From Proto-Brythonic *dėlnjọd, from Proto-Celtic *dalnīti, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *dʰelh₁- (same root as dail (“leaves”)). Cognate with Cornish dyllo (“publish”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈdei̯ɬjɔ/
• Rhymes: -ei̯ɬjɔ

Verb

deillio (first-person singular present deilliaf)

1. to emanate, to stem, to derive, to arise [with o ‘from somewhere/something’]

   Synonyms: hanfod, tarddu

2. to originate, to descend

   Synonyms: disgyn, hanfod, ymdaenu

Conjugation

Conjugation of deillio (literary)

	singular			plural			impersonal
	first	second	third	first	second	third
present indicative/future	deilliaf	deilli	deillia	deilliwn	deilliwch	deilliant	deillir
imperfect (indicative/subjunctive)/conditional	deilliwn	deillit	deilliai	deilliem	deilliech	deillient	deillid
preterite	deilliais	deilliaist	deilliodd	deilliasom	deilliasoch	deilliasant	deilliwyd
pluperfect	deilliaswn	deilliasit	deilliasai	deilliasem	deilliasech	deilliasent	deilliasid, deilliesid
present subjunctive	deilliwyf	deilliech	deillio	deilliom	deillioch	deilliont	deillier
imperative	—	deillia	deillied	deilliwn	deilliwch	deillient	deillier
verbal noun	deillio
verbal adjectives	deilliedig deilliadwy

Conjugation of deillio (colloquial)

inflected colloquial forms	singular			plural
	first	second	third	first	second	third
future	deillia i, deilliaf i	deilli di	deillith o/e/hi, deilliff e/hi	deilliwn ni	deilliwch chi	deillian nhw
conditional	deilliwn i, deillswn i	deilliet ti, deillset ti	deilliai fo/fe/hi, deillsai fo/fe/hi	deillien ni, deillsen ni	deilliech chi, deillsech chi	deillien nhw, deillsen nhw
preterite	deilliais i, deillies i	deilliaist ti, deilliest ti	deilliodd o/e/hi	deillion ni	deillioch chi	deillion nhw
imperative	—	deillia	—	—	deilliwch	—

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

Derived terms

• deilliad (“emanation”)

Mutation

Mutated forms of deillio

radical	soft	nasal	aspirate
deillio	ddeillio	neillio	unchanged

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

Further reading

• D. G. Lewis, N. Lewis, editors (2005–present), “deillio”, in Gweiadur: the Welsh–English Dictionary, Gwerin
• R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke et al., editors (1950–present), “deillio”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies