eisteddfota

Welsh

Alternative forms

• (colloquial) steddfota

Etymology

From eisteddfod (“eisteddfod”) +‎ -a.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˌei̯sdɛðˈvɔta/, [ˌei̯stɛðˈvɔta]
• Rhymes: -ɔta

Verb

eisteddfota (first-person singular present eisteddfotaf)

1. to frequent eisteddfods
2. to compete regularly at eisteddfods

Conjugation

Conjugation (literary)

	singular			plural			impersonal
	first	second	third	first	second	third
present indicative/future	eisteddfotaf	eisteddfoti	eisteddfota	eisteddfotwn	eisteddfotwch	eisteddfotant	eisteddfotir
imperfect (indicative/subjunctive)/ conditional	eisteddfotwn	eisteddfotit	eisteddfotai	eisteddfotem	eisteddfotech	eisteddfotent	eisteddfotid
preterite	eisteddfotais	eisteddfotaist	eisteddfotodd	eisteddfotasom	eisteddfotasoch	eisteddfotasant	eisteddfotwyd
pluperfect	eisteddfotaswn	eisteddfotasit	eisteddfotasai	eisteddfotasem	eisteddfotasech	eisteddfotasent	eisteddfotasid, eisteddfotesid
present subjunctive	eisteddfotwyf	eisteddfotych	eisteddfoto	eisteddfotom	eisteddfotoch	eisteddfotont	eisteddfoter
imperative	—	eisteddfota	eisteddfoted	eisteddfotwn	eisteddfotwch	eisteddfotent	eisteddfoter
verbal noun	eisteddfota
verbal adjectives	eisteddfotedig eisteddfotadwy

Conjugation (colloquial)

Inflected colloquial forms	singular			plural
	first	second	third	first	second	third
future	eisteddfota i, eisteddfotaf i	eisteddfoti di	eisteddfotith o/e/hi, eisteddfotiff e/hi	eisteddfotwn ni	eisteddfotwch chi	eisteddfotan nhw
conditional	eisteddfotwn i, eisteddfotswn i	eisteddfotet ti, eisteddfotset ti	eisteddfotai fo/fe/hi, eisteddfotsai fo/fe/hi	eisteddfoten ni, eisteddfotsen ni	eisteddfotech chi, eisteddfotsech chi	eisteddfoten nhw, eisteddfotsen nhw
preterite	eisteddfotais i, eisteddfotes i	eisteddfotaist ti, eisteddfotest ti	eisteddfotodd o/e/hi	eisteddfoton ni	eisteddfotoch chi	eisteddfoton nhw
imperative	—	eisteddfota	—	—	eisteddfotwch	—
Note: All other forms are periphrastic, as usual in colloquial Welsh.

Derived terms

• eisteddfotwr (“someone who often attends or competes at eisteddfods”)

Mutation

Welsh mutation
radical	soft	nasal	h-prothesis
eisteddfota	unchanged	unchanged	heisteddfota
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), “eisteddfota”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies