difrodi
Welsh edit
Etymology edit
Pronunciation edit
- (North Wales) IPA(key): /dɪvˈrɔdɪ/
- (South Wales) IPA(key): /dɪvˈroːdi/, /dɪvˈrɔdi/
- Rhymes: -ɔdɪ
Verb edit
difrodi (first-person singular present dyfrodaf)
- (transitive) to damage
- (transitive) to destroy
Conjugation edit
Conjugation (literary)
| singular | plural | impersonal | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| first | second | third | first | second | third | |||
| present indicative/future | difrodaf | difrodi | difroda | difrodwn | difrodwch | difrodant | difrodir | |
| imperfect (indicative/subjunctive)/ conditional |
difrodwn | difrodit | difrodai | difrodem | difrodech | difrodent | difrodid | |
| preterite | difrodais | difrodaist | difrododd | difrodasom | difrodasoch | difrodasant | difrodwyd | |
| pluperfect | difrodaswn | difrodasit | difrodasai | difrodasem | difrodasech | difrodasent | difrodasid, difrodesid | |
| present subjunctive | difrodwyf | difrodych | difrodo | difrodom | difrodoch | difrodont | difroder | |
| imperative | — | difroda | difroded | difrodwn | difrodwch | difrodent | difroder | |
| verbal noun | difrodi | |||||||
| verbal adjectives | difrodedig | |||||||
Conjugation (colloquial)
| Inflected colloquial forms | singular | plural | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| first | second | third | first | second | third | |
| future | difroda i, difrodaf i | difrodi di | difrodith o/e/hi, difrodiff e/hi | difrodwn ni | difrodwch chi | difrodan nhw |
| conditional | difrodwn i, difrodswn i | difrodet ti, difrodset ti | difrodai fo/fe/hi, difrodsai fo/fe/hi | difroden ni, difrodsen ni | difrodech chi, difrodsech chi | difroden nhw, difrodsen nhw |
| preterite | difrodais i, difrodes i | difrodaist ti, difrodest ti | difrododd o/e/hi | difrodon ni | difrodoch chi | difrodon nhw |
| imperative | — | difroda | — | — | difrodwch | — |
| Note: All other forms are periphrastic, as usual in colloquial Welsh. | ||||||
Mutation edit
| Welsh mutation | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| radical | soft | nasal | aspirate |
| difrodi | ddifrodi | nifrodi | unchanged |
| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. | |||
Further reading edit
- R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke et al., editors (1950–present), “difrodi”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies