diddofi

Welsh

Etymology

From di- +‎ dofi.

Adjective

diddofi (feminine singular diddofi, plural diddofi, not comparable)

1. untameable, wild

Verb

diddofi (first-person singular present dofaf)

1. de-taming
   • 2017, Coetir Anian, Cambrian Wildwood‎^[1], archived from the original on 2023-03-26:

     Translated into English, ‘di-ddofi’ means ‘de-domestication’.

Conjugation

Conjugation (colloquial)

Inflected colloquial forms	singular			plural
	first	second	third	first	second	third
future	dofa i, dofaf i	dofi di	dofith o/e/hi, dofiff e/hi	dofwn ni	dofwch chi	dofan nhw
conditional	dofwn i, dofswn i	dofet ti, dofset ti	dofai fo/fe/hi, dofsai fo/fe/hi	dofen ni, dofsen ni	dofech chi, dofsech chi	dofen nhw, dofsen nhw
preterite	dofais i, dofes i	dofaist ti, dofest ti	dofodd o/e/hi	dofon ni	dofoch chi	dofon nhw
imperative	—	dofa	—	—	dofwch	—
Note: All other forms are periphrastic, as usual in colloquial Welsh.

Mutation

Mutated forms of diddofi

radical	soft	nasal	aspirate
diddofi	ddiddofi	niddofi	unchanged

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Welsh.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

Further reading

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