diddori

Welsh

Etymology

From di- +‎ dori (“to matter, to be of interest”).

Pronunciation

• (North Wales) IPA^(key): /dɪˈðɔrɪ/
• (South Wales) IPA^(key): /dɪˈðoːri/, /dɪˈðɔri/

Verb

diddori (first-person singular present diddoraf)

1. to interest

Conjugation

Conjugation (literary)

	singular			plural			impersonal
	first	second	third	first	second	third
present indicative/future	diddoraf	diddori	diddora	diddorwn	diddorwch	diddorant	diddorir
imperfect (indicative/subjunctive)/ conditional	diddorwn	diddorit	diddorai	diddorem	diddorech	diddorent	diddorid
preterite	diddorais	diddoraist	diddorodd	diddorasom	diddorasoch	diddorasant	diddorwyd
pluperfect	diddoraswn	diddorasit	diddorasai	diddorasem	diddorasech	diddorasent	diddorasid, diddoresid
present subjunctive	diddorwyf	diddorych	diddoro	diddorom	diddoroch	diddoront	diddorer
imperative	—	diddora	diddored	diddorwn	diddorwch	diddorent	diddorer
verbal noun	diddori
verbal adjectives	diddoredig diddoradwy

Conjugation (colloquial)

inflected colloquial forms	singular			plural
	first	second	third	first	second	third
future	diddora i, diddoraf i	diddori di	diddorith o/e/hi, diddoriff e/hi	diddorwn ni	diddorwch chi	diddoran nhw
conditional	diddorwn i, diddorswn i	diddoret ti, diddorset ti	diddorai fo/fe/hi, diddorsai fo/fe/hi	diddoren ni, diddorsen ni	diddorech chi, diddorsech chi	diddoren nhw, diddorsen nhw
preterite	diddorais i, diddores i	diddoraist ti, diddorest ti	diddorodd o/e/hi	diddoron ni	diddoroch chi	diddoron nhw
imperative	—	diddora	—	—	diddorwch	—

Note: All other forms are periphrastic, as usual in colloquial Welsh.

Derived terms

• diddordeb (“interest”)
• diddorol (“interesting”)
• ymddiddori (“to be interested”)

Mutation

Mutated forms of diddori

radical	soft	nasal	aspirate
diddori	ddiddori	niddori	unchanged

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

References

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