'i

1. Pronunciation spelling ofhi.

• li

Fromli, fromLatinillī.

• IPA^(key):/i/

'i

1. him (dative)
2. them (masculine, accusative)

'i

1. into

• i

'i (Baybayin spellingᜌ᜔)

1. Obsolete spelling of'y.

Contraction ofei(“his,her,its”).

• IPA^(key):/i̯/
• Homophone:'u

'i

1. his,its(with reference to a masculine noun; used after vowels; triggerssoft mutation of following consonant)

   Un o’i gefndryd ydw i.

   I'm one ofhis cousins.

   Rwy'n gyfarwydd iawn â'r pentref a’i drigolion.

   I'm very familiar with the village andits inhabitants.

2. her,its(with reference to a feminine noun; used after vowels; triggersaspirate mutation of following consonant andh-prothesis of a following vowel)

   Un o’i chefndryd ydw i.

   I'm one ofher cousins.

   Rwy'n gyfarwydd iawn â'r dref a’i thrigolion.

   I'm very familiar with the town andits inhabitants.

'i

1. him,it(with reference to a masculine noun; used after vowels as the direct object of a verbal noun; triggerssoft mutation of following consonant)

   Roedd yr athro a’i ddisgyblion yn dod ymlaen yn dda.

   The teacher andhis students got on well.

   Mae'r cyfle yn un da ond efallai nad ydych wedi’i ystyried o’r blaen.

   The opportunity is a good one but perhaps you have never consideredit before.

2. her,it(with reference to a masculine noun; used after vowels as the direct object of a verbal noun; triggersaspirate mutation of following consonant andh-prothesis of a following vowel)

   Roedd yr athrawes a’i disgyblion yn dod ymlaen yn dda.

   The teacher andher students got on well.

   Mae'r swydd yn un dda ond efallai nad ydych wedi’i hystyried o’r blaen.

   The job is a good one but perhaps you have never consideredit before.

3. him,her,it(with reference to a masculine or feminine noun; used after vowels as the direct object of a verb; triggersh-prothesis of a following vowel)

   Ni wn a’i gwelais yno ai peidio.

   I do not know whether I sawhim/her/it there or not.

   Fe’i hariennir yn rhannol gan yr elusen.

   He/She/It is partially funded (lit. "One fundshim/her/it partially") by the charity.

• In formal Welsh, the contraction'i is a valid form ofei found after mostly functional vowel-final words. In colloquial Welsh,ei is often contracted to'i after almost any vowel-final word.
• Pronomial'i (andei) can occur before any verbal noun. Before a verb, pronomial'i is found only in formal language after certain vowel-final preverbal particles, such asfe,a andy. After certain vowel-final preverbal particles, such asni,na,oni andpe,-s is used instead.
• After the prepositioni(“to”), the contraction changes toi’w.

• R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke et al., editors (1950–present), “'i”, inGeiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies