ffoi

See also: ffôi

Welsh

Etymology

From ffo (“flight”) +‎ -i.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /fɔi̯/
• Rhymes: -ɔi̯

Verb

ffoi (first-person singular present ffoaf, not mutable)

1. (intransitive) to flee, to escape
2. (transitive) to make flee, to scatter

Conjugation

Conjugation of ffoi (literary)

	singular			plural			impersonal
	first	second	third	first	second	third
present indicative/future	ffoaf	ffoi	ffy, ffoa	ffown	ffowch	ffoant	ffoir
imperfect (indicative/subjunctive)/ conditional	ffown	ffoit	ffôi	ffoem	ffoech	ffoent	ffoid
preterite	ffois, ffoais	ffoist	ffodd, ffoes	ffoesom	ffoesoch	ffoesant	ffowyd, ffoed
pluperfect	ffoeswn	ffoesit	ffoesai	ffoesem	ffoesech	ffoesent	ffoesid
present subjunctive	ffowyf	ffoych	ffo	ffôm	ffôch	ffônt	ffoer
imperative	—	ffo, ffoa	ffoed	ffown	ffowch	ffoent	ffoer
verbal noun	ffoi
verbal adjectives	ffoëdig ffoadwy

Conjugation of ffoi (colloquial)

inflected colloquial forms	singular			plural
	first	second	third	first	second	third
future	ffoa i, ffoaf i	ffoi di	ffoith o/e/hi, ffoiff e/hi	ffown ni	ffowch chi	ffoan nhw
conditional	ffown i, ffoswn i	ffoet ti, ffoset ti	ffoai fo/fe/hi, ffosai fo/fe/hi	ffoen ni, ffosen ni	ffoech chi, ffosech chi	ffoen nhw, ffosen nhw
preterite	ffoais i, ffoes i	ffoaist ti, ffoest ti	ffodd o/e/hi	ffôn ni	ffôch chi	ffôn nhw
imperative	—	ffoa	—	—	ffowch	—

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

Derived terms

• ffoad (“flight”)
• ffoadur (“fugitive”)
• yr euog a ffy heb neb yn ei erlid (“the lady doth protest too much”, literally “the guilty flees without anyone pursuing him”)

Further reading

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