ffrio

Welsh

Etymology

From Middle Welsh ffrio, ultimately from Latin frīgō (“to roast, fry”); either via Middle English frien, from Old French frire, or else via Proto-Brythonic *friɣɨd.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈfriː.ɔ/

Verb

ffrio (first-person singular present ffriaf, not mutable)

1. to fry (cook (something) in hot fat or oil)

Conjugation

Conjugation of ffrio (literary)

	singular			plural			impersonal
	first	second	third	first	second	third
present indicative/future	ffriaf	ffri	ffria	ffriwn	ffriwch	ffriant	ffrir
imperfect (indicative/subjunctive)/conditional	ffriwn	ffrit	ffriai	ffriem	ffriech	ffrient	ffrid
preterite	ffriais	ffriaist	ffriodd	ffriasom	ffriasoch	ffriasant	ffriwyd
pluperfect	ffriaswn	ffriasit	ffriasai	ffriasem	ffriasech	ffriasent	ffriasid, ffriesid
present subjunctive	ffriwyf	ffriech	ffrio	ffriom	ffrioch	ffriont	ffrier
imperative	—	ffria	ffried	ffriwn	ffriwch	ffrient	ffrier
verbal noun	ffrio
verbal adjectives	ffriedig ffriadwy

Conjugation of ffrio (colloquial)

inflected colloquial forms	singular			plural
	first	second	third	first	second	third
future	ffria i, ffriaf i	ffrii di	ffriith o/e/hi, ffriiff o/e/hi	ffrïwn ni	ffrïwch chi	ffrian nhw
conditional	ffrïwn i, ffriswn i	ffriet ti, ffriset ti	ffriai fo/fe/hi, ffrisai fo/fe/hi	ffrien ni, ffrisen ni	ffriech chi, ffrisech chi	ffrien nhw, ffrisen nhw
preterite	ffriais i, ffries i	ffriaist ti, ffriest ti	ffriodd o/e/hi	ffrion ni	ffrioch chi	ffrion nhw
imperative	—	ffria	—	—	ffriwch	—

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

Derived terms

• padell ffrio (“frying pan”)
• tro-ffrio (“to stir-fry”)

Further reading

• R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke et al., editors (1950–present), “ffrio”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies