diraddio

Welsh

Etymology

di- +‎ gradd +‎ -io, a calque of English degrade.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /dɪˈraðjɔ/
• Rhymes: -aðjɔ

Verb

diraddio (first-person singular present diraddiaf)

1. to degrade (lower in value or social position; reduce in quality or purity)

Conjugation

Conjugation (literary)

	singular			plural			impersonal
	first	second	third	first	second	third
present indicative/future	diraddiaf	direddi	diraddia	diraddiwn	direddiwch, diraddiwch	diraddiant	direddir
imperfect (indicative/subjunctive)/conditional	diraddiwn	direddit	diraddiai	diraddiem	diraddiech	diraddient	direddid
preterite	direddiais	direddiaist	diraddiodd	diraddiasom	diraddiasoch	diraddiasant	diraddiwyd
pluperfect	diraddiaswn	diraddiasit	diraddiasai	diraddiasem	diraddiasech	diraddiasent	diraddiasid, diraddiesid
present subjunctive	diraddiwyf	direddiech	diraddio	diraddiom	diraddioch	diraddiont	diraddier
imperative	—	diraddia	diraddied	diraddiwn	direddiwch, diraddiwch	diraddient	diraddier
verbal noun	diraddio
verbal adjectives	diraddiedig diraddiadwy

Conjugation (colloquial)

Inflected colloquial forms	singular			plural
	first	second	third	first	second	third
future	diraddia i, diraddiaf i	diraddi di	diraddith o/e/hi, diraddiff e/hi	diraddiwn ni	diraddiwch chi	diraddian nhw
conditional	diraddiwn i, diraddswn i	diraddiet ti, diraddset ti	diraddiai fo/fe/hi, diraddsai fo/fe/hi	diraddien ni, diraddsen ni	diraddiech chi, diraddsech chi	diraddien nhw, diraddsen nhw
preterite	diraddiais i, diraddies i	diraddiaist ti, diraddiest ti	diraddiodd o/e/hi	diraddion ni	diraddioch chi	diraddion nhw
imperative	—	diraddia	—	—	diraddiwch	—
Note: All other forms are periphrastic, as usual in colloquial Welsh.

Derived terms

• bioddiraddio (“to biodegrade”)

Mutation

Welsh mutation
radical	soft	nasal	aspirate
diraddio	ddiraddio	niraddio	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), “diraddio”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies