croesholi

Welsh

Etymology

From croes (“cross”) +‎ holi (“to question”).

Pronunciation

Verb

croesholi (first-person singular present croesholaf)

  1. (transitive, intransitive) to cross-question, cross-examine

Conjugation
Conjugation (literary)
singular plural impersonal
first second third first second third
present indicative/future croesholaf croesholi croeshola croesholwn croesholwch croesholant croesholir
imperfect (indicative/subjunctive)/
conditional		 croesholwn croesholit croesholai croesholem croesholech croesholent croesholid
preterite croesholais croesholaist croesholodd croesholasom croesholasoch croesholasant croesholwyd
pluperfect croesholaswn croesholasit croesholasai croesholasem croesholasech croesholasent croesholasid, croesholesid
present subjunctive croesholwyf croesholych croesholo croesholom croesholoch croesholont croesholer
imperative — croeshola croesholed croesholwn croesholwch croesholent croesholer
verbal noun croesholi
verbal adjectives croesholedig
croesholadwy
Conjugation (colloquial)
Inflected colloquial forms singular plural
first second third first second third
future croesholia i, croesholiaf i croesholi di croesholith o/e/hi, croesholiff e/hi croesholiwn ni croesholiwch chi croesholian nhw
conditional croesholiwn i, croesholiswn i croesholiet ti, croesholiset ti croesholiai fo/fe/hi, croesholisai fo/fe/hi croesholien ni, croesholisen ni croesholiech chi, croesholisech chi croesholien nhw, croesholisen nhw
preterite croesholiais i, croesholies i croesholiaist ti, croesholiest ti croesholiodd o/e/hi croesholion ni croesholioch chi croesholion nhw
imperative — croesholia — — croesholiwch —
Note: All other forms are periphrastic, as usual in colloquial Welsh.

Derived terms
  • croesholiad m (“cross-questioning”)

Mutation
Welsh mutation
radical soft nasal aspirate
croesholi groesholi nghroesholi chroesholi
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

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