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From Middle Welsh golchi, from Proto-Brythonic *gwölxid, from Proto-Celtic *wolkīti, from Proto-Indo-European *welg- (“wet, damp”). Cognate with Cornish golhi, Breton gwalc'hiñ, Irish folc (“to wash”), Scottish Gaelic failc (“to bathe”).
- (North Wales) IPA(key): /ˈɡɔlχɪ/
- (South Wales) IPA(key): /ˈɡɔlχi/
- Rhymes: -ɔlχi
golchi (first-person singular present golchaf)
- (transitive) to wash, bathe
- (transitive) to flush
- (transitive) to lather
Conjugation of golchi (colloquial)
| inflectedcolloquial forms | singular | plural | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| first | second | third | first | second | third | |
| future | golcha i,golchaf i | golchi di | golchith o/e/hi,golchiff e/hi | golchwn ni | golchwch chi | golchan nhw |
| conditional | golchwn i,golchswn i | golchet ti,golchset ti | golchai fo/fe/hi,golchsai fo/fe/hi | golchen ni,golchsen ni | golchech chi,golchsech chi | golchen nhw,golchsen nhw |
| preterite | golchais i,golches i | golchaist ti,golchest ti | golchodd o/e/hi | golchon ni | golchoch chi | golchon nhw |
| imperative | — | golcha | — | — | golchwch | — |
- golch m (“wash”)
- golchiad m (“washing”)
- golchdrwyth m (“lotion”)
- golchfa f (“washery”)
- peiriant golchi m (“washing machine”)
- ymolchi (“to wash oneself”)
- R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke, et al., editors (1950–present), “golchi”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies