osgoi

Welsh

Etymology

From osgo (“slope, slant, diversion”) +‎ -i.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ɔsˈɡɔi̯/, [ɔsˈkɔi̯]

Verb

osgoi (first-person singular present osgôf)

  1. (transitive) to avoid, to dodge, to evade

Conjugation
Conjugation (colloquial)
Inflected colloquial forms singular plural
first second third first second third
future osgoa i, osgoaf i osgoi di osgoith o/e/hi, osgoiff e/hi osgown ni osgowch chi osgoan nhw
conditional osgown i, osgoswn i osgoet ti, osgoset ti osgoai fo/fe/hi, osgosai fo/fe/hi osgoen ni, osgosen ni osgoech chi, osgosech chi osgoen nhw, osgosen nhw
preterite osgoies i osgoiest ti osgôdd o/e/hi osgoeon ni osgoeoch chi osgoeon nhw
imperative — osgoa — — osgowch —
Note: All other forms are periphrastic, as usual in colloquial Welsh.

Derived terms
  • ffordd osgoi (“by-pass”)
  • osgoi treth (“tax evasion”)

Mutation
Welsh mutation
radical soft nasal h-prothesis
osgoi unchanged unchanged hosgoi
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

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