pledio

Welsh

Etymology

Borrowed from English plead.

Verb

pledio (first-person singular present plediaf)

1. (transitive or intransitive) to plead (an argument), to appeal

   Synonym: apelio

2. to plead, to implore

   Synonyms: deisyf, begio

Conjugation

Conjugation of pledio (literary)

	singular			plural			impersonal
	first	second	third	first	second	third
present indicative/future	plediaf	pledi	pledia	plediwn	plediwch	plediant	pledir
imperfect (indicative/subjunctive)/conditional	plediwn	pledit	plediai	plediem	plediech	pledient	pledid
preterite	plediais	plediaist	plediodd	plediasom	plediasoch	plediasant	plediwyd
pluperfect	plediaswn	plediasit	plediasai	plediasem	plediasech	plediasent	plediasid, plediesid
present subjunctive	plediwyf	plediech	pledio	plediom	pledioch	plediont	pledier
imperative	—	pledia	pledied	plediwn	plediwch	pledient	pledier
verbal noun	pledio
verbal adjectives	plediedig plediadwy

Conjugation of pledio (colloquial)

inflected colloquial forms	singular			plural
	first	second	third	first	second	third
future	pledia i, plediaf i	pledi di	pledith o/e/hi, plediff e/hi	plediwn ni	plediwch chi	pledian nhw
conditional	plediwn i, plediswn i	plediet ti, plediset ti	plediai fo/fe/hi, pledisai fo/fe/hi	pledien ni, pledisen ni	plediech chi, pledisech chi	pledien nhw, pledisen nhw
preterite	plediais i, pledies i	plediaist ti, plediest ti	plediodd o/e/hi	pledion ni	pledioch chi	pledion nhw
imperative	—	pledia	—	—	plediwch	—

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

Mutation

Mutated forms of pledio

radical	soft	nasal	aspirate
pledio	bledio	mhledio	phledio

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