arestio

Welsh

Etymology

Borrowed from English arrest + -io.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /aˈrɛsdjɔ/, [aˈrɛstjɔ]

Verb

arestio (first-person singular present arestiaf)

  1. (transitive) to arrest, to take into custody

Conjugation

Conjugation of arestio (literary)
singular plural impersonal
first second third first second third
present indicative/future arestiaf aresti arestia arestiwn arestiwch arestiant arestir
imperfect (indicative/subjunctive)/conditional arestiwn arestit arestiai arestiem arestiech arestient arestid
preterite arestiais arestiaist arestiodd arestiasom arestiasoch arestiasant arestiwyd
pluperfect arestiaswn arestiasit arestiasai arestiasem arestiasech arestiasent arestiasid, arestiesid
present subjunctive arestiwyf arestiech arestio arestiom arestioch arestiont arestier
imperative arestia arestied arestiwn arestiwch arestient arestier
verbal noun arestio
verbal adjectives arestiedig
arestiadwy
Conjugation (colloquial)
inflected
colloquial forms
singular plural
first second third first second third
future arestia i,
arestiaf i
aresti di arestith o/e/hi,
arestiff e/hi
arestiwn ni arestiwch chi arestian nhw
conditional arestiwn i,
arestiswn i
arestiet ti,
arestiset ti
arestiai fo/fe/hi,
arestisai fo/fe/hi
arestien ni,
arestisen ni
arestiech chi,
arestisech chi
arestien nhw,
arestisen nhw
preterite arestiais i,
aresties i
arestiaist ti,
arestiest ti
arestiodd o/e/hi arestion ni arestioch chi arestion nhw
imperative arestia arestiwch

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

Derived terms

Mutation

Mutated forms of arestio
radical soft nasal h-prothesis
arestio unchanged unchanged harestio

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

Further reading

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