diweddu

Welsh

Alternative forms

• diwedd

Etymology

diwedd (“completion”) +‎ -u.

Verb

diweddu (first-person singular present diwedd)

1. (South Wales, colloquial) to complete, to finish, to terminate

   Synonyms: dibennu, gorffen, darfod, terfynu

   Antonyms: cychwyn, dechrau

   • 2013, Daniel Owen, Rhys Lewis‎^[1], →ISBN, page 24:

     Yr oedd Wil wedi cael allan rywfodd fod Abel yn dechre y cyfarfod yn ôl ei watch, ac yn diweddu yn ôl cloc y capel.

     Wil had somehow found out that Abel started the meeting according to his watch, and ended according to the chapel clock.

Conjugation

Conjugation (literary)

	singular			plural			impersonal
	first	second	third	first	second	third
present indicative/future	terfynaf	terfyni	terfyna	terfynwn	terfynwch	terfynant	terfynir
imperfect (indicative/subjunctive)/ conditional	terfynwn	terfynit	terfynai	terfynem	terfynech	terfynent	terfynid
preterite	terfynais	terfynaist	terfynodd	terfynasom	terfynasoch	terfynasant	terfynwyd
pluperfect	terfynaswn	terfynasit	terfynasai	terfynasem	terfynasech	terfynasent	terfynasid, terfynesid
present subjunctive	terfynwyf	terfynych	terfyno	terfynom	terfynoch	terfynont	terfyner
imperative	—	terfyna	terfyned	terfynwn	terfynwch	terfynent	terfyner
verbal noun	diweddu
verbal adjectives	terfynedig terfynadwy

Conjugation (colloquial)

inflected colloquial forms	singular			plural
	first	second	third	first	second	third
future	diwedda i, diweddaf i	diweddi di	diweddith o/e/hi, diweddiff e/hi	diweddwn ni	diweddwch chi	diweddan nhw
conditional	diweddwn i, diweddswn i	diweddet ti, diweddset ti	diweddai fo/fe/hi, diweddsai fo/fe/hi	diwedden ni, diweddsen ni	diweddech chi, diweddsech chi	diwedden nhw, diweddsen nhw
preterite	diweddais i, diweddes i	diweddaist ti, diweddest ti	diweddodd o/e/hi	diweddon ni	diweddoch chi	diweddon nhw
imperative	—	diwedda	—	—	diweddwch	—

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

Mutation

Mutated forms of diweddu

radical	soft	nasal	aspirate
diweddu	ddiweddu	niweddu	unchanged

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

Further reading

• D. G. Lewis, N. Lewis, editors (2005–present), “diweddu”, in Gweiadur: the Welsh-English Dictionary, Gwerin
• R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke et al., editors (1950–present), “diweddu”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies