Welsh edit

Etymology edit

From defnydd (material, stuff; use, service) +‎ -io.

Pronunciation edit

Verb edit

defnyddio (first-person singular present defnyddiaf)

  1. (transitive) to use, make use of, employ, practise
  2. (transitive) to form, prepare, arrange

Conjugation edit

Derived terms edit

  • defnyddiol (useful, of service, advantageous, profitable; practical; material, elemental, elementary, basic; prepared)
  • defnyddiwr m (user, employer; consumer; maker, author, fabricator, contriver)

Mutation edit

Welsh mutation
radical soft nasal aspirate
defnyddio ddefnyddio nefnyddio unchanged
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References edit

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