diweddaru

Welsh

Etymology

From diweddar (“late; recent”) +‎ -u (verb-forming suffix).

Pronunciation

• (North Wales) IPA^(key): /(ˌ)dɪu̯ɛðˈarɨ̞/
• (South Wales) IPA^(key): /(ˌ)dɪu̯ɛðˈa(ː)ri/

Verb

diweddaru (first-person singular present diweddaraf)

1. to update, to make recent
2. to modernise

Conjugation

Conjugation (literary)

	singular			plural			impersonal
	first	second	third	first	second	third
present indicative/future	diweddaraf	diwedderi	diweddara	diweddarwn	diwedderwch, diweddarwch	diweddarant	diwedderir
imperfect (indicative/subjunctive)/ conditional	diweddarwn	diweddarit	diweddarai	diweddarem	diweddarech	diweddarent	diwedderid
preterite	diwedderais	diwedderaist	diweddarodd	diweddarasom	diweddarasoch	diweddarasant	diweddarwyd
pluperfect	diweddaraswn	diweddarasit	diweddarasai	diweddarasem	diweddarasech	diweddarasent	diweddarasid, diweddaresid
present subjunctive	diweddarwyf	diwedderych	diweddaro	diweddarom	diweddaroch	diweddaront	diweddarer
imperative	—	diweddara	diweddared	diweddarwn	diwedderwch, diweddarwch	diweddarent	diweddarer
verbal noun	diweddaru
verbal adjectives	diweddaredig diweddaradwy

Conjugation (colloquial)

inflected colloquial forms	singular			plural
	first	second	third	first	second	third
future	diweddara i, diweddaraf i	diweddari di	diweddarith o/e/hi, diweddariff e/hi	diweddarwn ni	diweddarwch chi	diweddaran nhw
conditional	diweddarwn i, diweddarswn i	diweddaret ti, diweddarset ti	diweddarai fo/fe/hi, diweddarsai fo/fe/hi	diweddaren ni, diweddarsen ni	diweddarech chi, diweddarsech chi	diweddaren nhw, diweddarsen nhw
preterite	diweddarais i, diweddares i	diweddaraist ti, diweddarest ti	diweddarodd o/e/hi	diweddaron ni	diweddaroch chi	diweddaron nhw
imperative	—	diweddara	—	—	diweddarwch	—

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

Mutation

Mutated forms of diweddaru

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