# rhoi
## Welsh
### Alternative forms

* rhoddi (literary, poetic)

### Etymology

Earlier rhoddi, from a conflation of two separate stems:
* Middle Welsh roi (“to give”), from Proto-Brythonic *rroɣid (compare Cornish ry (“to give”), Breton reiñ (“to give”)), from Proto-Celtic *rogīti (“to extend forward”) (compare Old Irish rogaid (“to extend”)), from Proto-Indo-European *h₃roǵéyeti (“to straighten”)
* Middle Welsh rodi (“to give”), from Proto-Brythonic *rrodid (deuterotonic), *rröð (prototonic); from Proto-Celtic *ɸro-dīti (“to put forward”), from Proto-Indo-European *dʰédʰeh₁ti (“to put”)

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /r̥ɔi̯/
* Rhymes: -ɔi̯

### Verb

rhoi (first-person singular present rhof or rhoddaf)
* to give
    Mae Siân yn rhoi siocled i Siôn eleni.Siân is giving Siôn chocolate this year.
* to put, to place
    Synonym: dodi
    Rhoddodd hi’r pethau ar y bwrdd.She put the things on the table.

#### Conjugation

| | singular | singular | singular | plural | plural | plural | impersonal | impersonal |
| | first | second | third | first | second | third | impersonal | impersonal |
| present indicative/future | rhof, rhoddaf | rhoi, rhoddi | rhy, rhydd, dyry | rhown, rhoddwn | rhowch, rhoddwch | rhônt, rhont, rhoddant | rhoir, rhoddir |
| imperfect (indicative/subjunctive)/conditional | rhown, rhoddwn | rhoit, rhoddit | rhôi, rhoddai | rhoem, rhoddem | rhoech, rhoddech | rhoent, rhoddent | rhoid, rhoddid |
| preterite | rhois, rhoddais | rhoist, rhoddaist | rhoes, rhodd, rhoddodd, rhoddes (obsolete) | rhoesom, rhoddasom | rhoesoch, rhoddasoch | rhoesant, rhoddasant | rhoed, rhowd, rhoddwyd, rhodded |
| pluperfect | rhoeswn, rhoddaswn | rhoesit, rhoddasit | rhoesai, rhoddasai | rhoesem, rhoddasem | rhoesech, rhoddasech | rhoesent, rhoddasent | rhoesid, rhoddesid |
| present subjunctive | rhowyf, rhoddwyf | rhoech, rhoddych, rhoddech | rho, rhoddo, rhotho | rhôm, rhoddom | rhoch, rhoddoch | rhônt, rhoddont | rhoer, rhodder |
| imperative | — | rho, dyro | rhoed, rhodded | rhown, rhoddwn | rhowch, rhoddwch | rhoent, rhoddent | rhoer, rhodder |
| verbal noun | rhoi | rhoi | rhoi | rhoi | rhoi | rhoi | rhoi |
| verbal adjectives | rhoddedig rhoddadwy | rhoddedig rhoddadwy | rhoddedig rhoddadwy | rhoddedig rhoddadwy | rhoddedig rhoddadwy | rhoddedig rhoddadwy | rhoddedig rhoddadwy |
| Inflected colloquial forms | singular | singular | singular | plural | plural | plural |
| Inflected colloquial forms | first | second | third | first | second | third |
| future | rhodda i, rhoddaf i | rhoddi di | rhoddith o/e/hi, rhoddiff e/hi | rhoddwn ni | rhoddwch chi | rhoddan nhw |
| conditional | rhoddwn i, rhoddswn i | rhoddet ti, rhoddset ti | rhoddai fo/fe/hi, rhoddsai fo/fe/hi | rhodden ni, rhoddsen ni | rhoddech chi, rhoddsech chi | rhodden nhw, rhoddsen nhw |
| preterite | rhoddais i, rhoddes i | rhoddaist ti, rhoddest ti | rhoddodd o/e/hi | rhoddon ni | rhoddoch chi | rhoddon nhw |
| imperative | — | rho, rhodda | — | — | rhoddwch | — |
| Note: All other forms are periphrastic, as usual in colloquial Welsh. |||||||

#### Derived terms

* rhoi'r gorau (“to give up”)
* rhoi'r ffidil yn y to (“to give up”, literally “to put the fiddle in the roof”)
* rhoi i lawr (“to lay down”)
* rhoi llaw ar yr aradr (“to put one's hand to the plough, to begin an undertaking”)

#### Related terms

* dawn

#### See also

* credu

### Mutation

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), “rhoddaf, rhof: rhoddi, rhoi”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies
* ↑ Schumacher, Stefan, Schulze-Thulin, Britta (2004) Die keltischen Primärverben: ein vergleichendes, etymologisches und morphologisches Lexikon [The Celtic Primary Verbs: A comparative, etymological and morphological lexicon] (Innsbrucker Beiträge zur Sprachwissenschaft; 110) (in German), Innsbruck: Institut für Sprachen und Literaturen der Universität Innsbruck, →ISBN, page 280