# hollti
## Welsh
### Etymology

From hollt (“cleft, fissure, split”) +‎ -i, from Middle Welsh hollt, from Proto-Celtic *skoltā (“cleft, fissure”) (compare Irish scoilt), from Proto-Indo-European *(s)kelH- (“to split, cut”). Possibly related to Proto-Celtic *kallī (“forest, grove”).
The original form of the verb was holli, which was then re-formed under the influence of hollt.

### Pronunciation

* (North Wales) IPA: /ˈhɔɬdɪ/, [ˈhɔɬtɪ]
* (South Wales) IPA: /ˈhɔɬdi/, [ˈhɔɬti]
* Rhymes: -ɔɬdɪ

### Verb

hollti (first-person singular present holltaf, not mutable)
* (transitive, intransitive) to split, to cleave

#### Conjugation

| | singular | singular | singular | plural | plural | plural | impersonal | impersonal |
| | first | second | third | first | second | third | impersonal | impersonal |
| present indicative/future | holltaf | hollti | hyllt, hollta | holltwn | holltwch | holltant | holltir |
| imperfect (indicative/subjunctive)/ conditional | holltwn | holltit | holltai | holltem | holltech | holltent | holltid |
| preterite | holltais | holltaist | holltodd | holltasom | holltasoch | holltasant | holltwyd |
| pluperfect | holltaswn | holltasit | holltasai | holltasem | holltasech | holltasent | holltasid, holltesid |
| present subjunctive | holltwyf | holltych | hollto | holltom | holltoch | holltont | hollter |
| imperative | — | hollta | hollted | holltwn | holltwch | holltent | hollter |
| verbal noun | hollti | hollti | hollti | hollti | hollti | hollti | hollti |
| verbal adjectives | holltedig holltadwy | holltedig holltadwy | holltedig holltadwy | holltedig holltadwy | holltedig holltadwy | holltedig holltadwy | holltedig holltadwy |
| Inflected colloquial forms | singular | singular | singular | plural | plural | plural |
| Inflected colloquial forms | first | second | third | first | second | third |
| future | hollta i, holltaf i | hollti di | holltith o/e/hi, holltiff e/hi | holltwn ni | holltwch chi | holltan nhw |
| conditional | holltwn i, holltswn i | holltet ti, holltset ti | holltai fo/fe/hi, holltsai fo/fe/hi | hollten ni, holltsen ni | holltech chi, holltsech chi | hollten nhw, holltsen nhw |
| preterite | holltais i, holltes i | holltaist ti, holltest ti | holltodd o/e/hi | hollton ni | holltoch chi | hollton nhw |
| imperative | — | hollta | — | — | holltwch | — |
| Note: All other forms are periphrastic, as usual in colloquial Welsh. |||||||

#### Derived terms

* hollti blew (“to split hairs”)
* hollti bogail (“to bust a gut”)
* hollti'r afl (“to do the splits”)
* hollti'r blewyn yn bedwar ar ddeg (“to lie, to exaggerate”, literally “to split the hair in fourteen”)
* holltiad (“cleavage”)

### References

* ↑ Matasović, Ranko (2009) “skolta”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 343
* ↑ Pokorny, Julius (1959) “2675”, in Indogermanisches etymologisches Wörterbuch [Indo-European Etymological Dictionary] (in German), volume 3, Bern, München: Francke Verlag, page 2675
* ↑ MacBain, Alexander, Mackay, Eneas (1911) “hollti”, in An Etymological Dictionary of the Gaelic Language‎, Stirling, →ISBN, page sgoilt

### Further reading

* D. G. Lewis, N. Lewis, editors (2005–present), “hollti”, in Gweiadur: the Welsh-English Dictionary, Gwerin
* Delyth Prys, J.P.M. Jones, Owain Davies, Gruffudd Prys (2006) Y Termiadur: termau wedi'u safoni; standardised terminology‎ (in Welsh), Cardiff: Awdurdod cymwysterau, cwricwlwm ac asesu Cymru (Qualifications curriculum & assessment authority for Wales), →ISBN
* R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke et al., editors (1950–present), “hollti”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies