diogelu

Welsh

Etymology

From diogel (“safe, secure”) +‎ -u.

Verb

diogelu (first-person singular present diogelaf)

1. to protect, to preserve
2. to secure, to make safe, to assure

Conjugation

Conjugation (literary)

	singular			plural			impersonal
	first	second	third	first	second	third
present indicative/future	diogelaf	diogeli	diogela	diogelwn	diogelwch	diogelant	diogelir
imperfect (indicative/subjunctive)/ conditional	diogelwn	diogelit	diogelai	diogelem	diogelech	diogelent	diogelid
preterite	diogelais	diogelaist	diogelodd	diogelasom	diogelasoch	diogelasant	diogelwyd
pluperfect	diogelaswn	diogelasit	diogelasai	diogelasem	diogelasech	diogelasent	diogelasid, diogelesid
present subjunctive	diogelwyf	diogelych	diogelo	diogelom	diogeloch	diogelont	diogeler
imperative	—	diogela	diogeled	diogelwn	diogelwch	diogelent	diogeler
verbal noun	diogelu
verbal adjectives	diogeledig diogeladwy

Conjugation (colloquial)

inflected colloquial forms	singular			plural
	first	second	third	first	second	third
future	diogela i, diogelaf i	diogeli di	diogelith o/e/hi, diogeliff e/hi	diogelwn ni	diogelwch chi	diogelan nhw
conditional	diogelwn i, diogelswn i	diogelet ti, diogelset ti	diogelai fo/fe/hi, diogelsai fo/fe/hi	diogelen ni, diogelsen ni	diogelech chi, diogelsech chi	diogelen nhw, diogelsen nhw
preterite	diogelais i, diogeles i	diogelaist ti, diogelest ti	diogelodd o/e/hi	diogelon ni	diogeloch chi	diogelon nhw
imperative	—	diogela	—	—	diogelwch	—

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

Mutation

Mutated forms of diogelu

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