ceisio

Welsh

Etymology

From cais (“attempt, effort, endeavour”, noun) +‎ -io.

Pronunciation

• (North Wales) IPA^(key): /ˈkei̯ʃɔ/
• (South Wales) IPA^(key): /ˈkei̯sjɔ/, /ˈkei̯ʃɔ/
• Rhymes: -ei̯sjɔ, -ei̯ʃɔ

Verb

ceisio (first-person singular present ceisiaf) (ambitransitive)

1. to seek, search for, ask, fetch

   Synonyms: chwilio am, ymofyn

2. to try, attempt, endeavour

   Synonyms: ymgeisio, ymdrechu

3. (with at) to aim (at)

   Synonym: anelu at

4. to possess

   Synonyms: meddiannu, meddu ar

Conjugation

Conjugation of ceisio (literary)

	singular			plural			impersonal
	first	second	third	first	second	third
present indicative/future	ceisiaf	ceisi	cais, ceisia	ceisiwn	ceisiwch	ceisiant	ceisir
imperfect (indicative/subjunctive)/conditional	ceisiwn	ceisit	ceisiai	ceisiem	ceisiech	ceisient	ceisid
preterite	ceisiais	ceisiaist	ceisiodd	ceisiasom	ceisiasoch	ceisiasant	ceisiwyd
pluperfect	ceisiaswn	ceisiasit	ceisiasai	ceisiasem	ceisiasech	ceisiasent	ceisiasid, ceisiesid
present subjunctive	ceisiwyf	ceisiech	ceisio	ceisiom	ceisioch	ceisiont	ceisier
imperative	—	ceisia	ceisied	ceisiwn	ceisiwch	ceisient	ceisier
verbal noun	ceisio
verbal adjectives	ceisiedig ceisiadwy

Conjugation of ceisio (colloquial)

inflected colloquial forms	singular			plural
	first	second	third	first	second	third
future	ceisia i, ceisiaf i	ceisi di	ceisith o/e/hi, ceisiff e/hi	ceisiwn ni	ceisiwch chi	ceisian nhw
conditional	ceisiwn i	ceisiet ti	ceisiai fo/fe/hi	ceisien ni	ceisiech chi	ceisien nhw
preterite	ceisiais i, ceisies i	ceisiaist ti, ceisiest ti	ceisiodd o/e/hi	ceision ni	ceisioch chi	ceision nhw
imperative	—	ceisia	—	—	ceisiwch	—

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

Derived terms

• ymgeisio (“to strive”)
• ceisio at (“to attack”)

Mutation

Mutated forms of ceisio

radical	soft	nasal	aspirate
ceisio	geisio	ngheisio	cheisio

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), “ceisio”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies