seboni

Welsh

Etymology

sebon +‎ -i

Verb

seboni (first-person singular present sebonaf, not mutable)

  1. (transitive, intransitive) to soap, to lather (up)
  2. (transitive, intransitive, figurative) to soft-soap, to flatter

Conjugation
Conjugation (literary)
singular plural impersonal
first second third first second third
present indicative/future sebonaf seboni sebona sebonwn sebonwch sebonant sebonir
imperfect (indicative/subjunctive)/
conditional		 sebonwn sebonit sebonai sebonem sebonech sebonent sebonid
preterite sebonais sebonaist sebonodd sebonasom sebonasoch sebonasant sebonwyd
pluperfect sebonaswn sebonasit sebonasai sebonasem sebonasech sebonasent sebonasid, sebonesid
present subjunctive sebonwyf sebonych sebono sebonom sebonoch sebonont seboner
imperative — sebona seboned sebonwn sebonwch sebonent seboner
verbal noun seboni
verbal adjectives sebonedig
sebonadwy
Conjugation (colloquial)
Inflected colloquial forms singular plural
first second third first second third
future sebona i, sebonaf i seboni di sebonith o/e/hi, seboniff e/hi sebonwn ni sebonwch chi sebonan nhw
conditional sebonwn i, sebonswn i sebonet ti, sebonset ti sebonai fo/fe/hi, sebonsai fo/fe/hi sebonen ni, sebonsen ni sebonech chi, sebonsech chi sebonen nhw, sebonsen nhw
preterite sebonais i, sebones i sebonaist ti, sebonest ti sebonodd o/e/hi sebonon ni sebonoch chi sebonon nhw
imperative — sebona — — sebonwch —
Note: All other forms are periphrastic, as usual in colloquial Welsh.

Derived terms
  • sebonwr m (“flatterer”)

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