difodi

Welsh

Etymology

From difod (“non-existent”) +‎ -i.

Pronunciation

• (North Wales) IPA^(key): /dɪˈvɔdɪ/
• (South Wales) IPA^(key): /dɪˈvoːdi/, /dɪˈvɔdi/
• Rhymes: -ɔdɪ

Verb

difodi (first-person singular present difodaf)

1. to annihilate, to exterminate

   Synonyms: dileu, dinistrio

Conjugation

Conjugation (literary)

	singular			plural			impersonal
	first	second	third	first	second	third
present indicative/future	difodaf	difodi	difoda	difodwn	difodwch	difodant	difodir
imperfect (indicative/subjunctive)/ conditional	difodwn	difodit	difodai	difodem	difodech	difodent	difodid
preterite	difodais	difodaist	difododd	difodasom	difodasoch	difodasant	difodwyd
pluperfect	difodaswn	difodasit	difodasai	difodasem	difodasech	difodasent	difodasid, difodesid
present subjunctive	difodwyf	difodych	difodo	difodom	difodoch	difodont	difoder
imperative	—	difoda	difoded	difodwn	difodwch	difodent	difoder
verbal noun	difodi
verbal adjectives	difodedig difodadwy

Conjugation (colloquial)

inflected colloquial forms	singular			plural
	first	second	third	first	second	third
future	difoda i, difodaf i	difodi di	difodith o/e/hi, difodiff e/hi	difodwn ni	difodwch chi	difodan nhw
conditional	difodwn i, difodswn i	difodet ti, difodset ti	difodai fo/fe/hi, difodsai fo/fe/hi	difoden ni, difodsen ni	difodech chi, difodsech chi	difoden nhw, difodsen nhw
preterite	difodais i, difodes i	difodaist ti, difodest ti	difododd o/e/hi	difodon ni	difodoch chi	difodon nhw
imperative	—	difoda	—	—	difodwch	—

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

Derived terms

• difodiad (“annihilation”)
• difodiant (“extinction”)
• difodwr (“annihilator”)

Mutation

Mutated forms of difodi

radical	soft	nasal	aspirate
difodi	ddifodi	nifodi	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), “difodi”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies