diddyfnu

Welsh

Alternative forms

Etymology

From di- +‎ dyfnu.

Verb

diddyfnu (first-person singular present diddyfnaf)

  1. (transitive) to wean

Conjugation
Conjugation (literary)
singular plural impersonal
first second third first second third
present indicative/future diddyfnaf diddyfni diddyfna diddyfnwn diddyfnwch diddyfnant diddyfnir
imperfect (indicative/subjunctive)/
conditional		 diddyfnwn diddyfnit diddyfnai diddyfnem diddyfnech diddyfnent diddyfnid
preterite diddyfnais diddyfnaist diddyfnodd diddyfnasom diddyfnasoch diddyfnasant diddyfnwyd
pluperfect diddyfnaswn diddyfnasit diddyfnasai diddyfnasem diddyfnasech diddyfnasent diddyfnasid, diddyfnesid
present subjunctive diddyfnwyf diddyfnych diddyfno diddyfnom diddyfnoch diddyfnont diddyfner
imperative — diddyfna diddyfned diddyfnwn diddyfnwch diddyfnent diddyfner
verbal noun diddyfnu
verbal adjectives diddyfnedig
diddyfnadwy
Conjugation (colloquial)
Inflected colloquial forms singular plural
first second third first second third
future diddyfna i, diddyfnaf i diddyfni di diddyfnith o/e/hi, diddyfniff e/hi diddyfnwn ni diddyfnwch chi diddyfnan nhw
conditional diddyfnwn i, diddyfnswn i diddyfnet ti, diddyfnset ti diddyfnai fo/fe/hi, diddyfnsai fo/fe/hi diddyfnen ni, diddyfnsen ni diddyfnech chi, diddyfnsech chi diddyfnen nhw, diddyfnsen nhw
preterite diddyfnais i, diddyfnes i diddyfnaist ti, diddyfnest ti diddyfnodd o/e/hi diddyfnon ni diddyfnoch chi diddyfnon nhw
imperative — diddyfna — — diddyfnwch —
Note: All other forms are periphrastic, as usual in colloquial Welsh.

Derived terms
  • diddyfniad m (“weaning”)

Mutation
Welsh mutation
radical soft nasal aspirate
diddyfnu ddiddyfnu niddyfnu unchanged
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading
  • R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke et al., editors (1950–present), “diddyfnu”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies
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