difodi
Welsh
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From difod (“non-existent”) + -i.
Pronunciation
[edit]- (North Wales) IPA(key): /dɪˈvɔdɪ/
- (South Wales) IPA(key): /dɪˈvoːdi/, /dɪˈvɔdi/
- Rhymes: -ɔdɪ
Verb
[edit]difodi (first-person singular present difodaf)
- to annihilate, to exterminate
Conjugation
[edit]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
[edit]Mutation
[edit]| 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
[edit]- 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