blodeuo

Welsh

Etymology

From blodau (“flowers”) +‎ -io.

Pronunciation

• (North Wales) IPA^(key): /blɔˈdeɨ̯.ɔ/
• (South Wales) IPA^(key): /blɔˈdei̯.ɔ/
• Rhymes: -eɨ̯ɔ

Verb

blodeuo (first-person singular present blodeuaf)

1. to flower, to come into flower

Conjugation

Conjugation (literary)

	singular			plural			impersonal
	first	second	third	first	second	third
present indicative/future	blodeuaf	blodeui	blodeua	blodeuwn	blodeuwch	blodeuant	blodeuir
imperfect (indicative/subjunctive)/ conditional	blodeuwn	blodeuit	blodeuai	blodeuem	blodeuech	blodeuent	blodeuid
preterite	blodeuais	blodeuaist	blodeuodd	blodeuasom	blodeuasoch	blodeuasant	blodeuwyd
pluperfect	blodeuaswn	blodeuasit	blodeuasai	blodeuasem	blodeuasech	blodeuasent	blodeuasid, blodeuesid
present subjunctive	blodeuwyf	blodeuych	blodeuo	blodeuom	blodeuoch	blodeuont	blodeuer
imperative	—	blodeua	blodeued	blodeuwn	blodeuwch	blodeuent	blodeuer
verbal noun	blodeuo
verbal adjectives	blodeuedig blodeuadwy

Conjugation (colloquial)

inflected colloquial forms	singular			plural
	first	second	third	first	second	third
future	blodeua i, blodeuaf i	blodeui di	blodeuith o/e/hi, blodeuiff e/hi	blodeuwn ni	blodeuwch chi	blodeuan nhw
conditional	blodeuwn i, blodeuswn i	blodeuet ti, blodeuset ti	blodeuai fo/fe/hi, blodeusai fo/fe/hi	blodeuen ni, blodeusen ni	blodeuech chi, blodeusech chi	blodeuen nhw, blodeusen nhw
preterite	blodeuais i, blodeues i	blodeuaist ti, blodeuest ti	blodeuodd o/e/hi	blodeuon ni	blodeuoch chi	blodeuon nhw
imperative	—	blodeua	—	—	blodeuwch	—

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

Derived terms

• blodeuad (“floriation”)
• blodeuog (“floral, flowery”)
• blodeuol (“flowering, floriferous”)

Related terms

• blaguro (“to bud”)
• deilio (“to sprout leaves”)
• egino (“to sprout”)
• glasu (“to begin to grow”)

Mutation

Mutated forms of blodeuo

radical	soft	nasal	aspirate
blodeuo	flodeuo	mlodeuo	unchanged

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

References

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