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(key): /ˈhɔɬdɪ/, [ˈhɔɬtɪ] (South Wales) IPA(key): /ˈhɔɬdi/, [ˈhɔɬti] Rhymes: -ɔɬdɪ === Verb === hollti (first-person singular present holltaf, not mutable) (ambitransitive) to split, to cleave ==== Conjugation ==== ==== 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 === === 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[2] (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