diflino
Welsh edit
Etymology edit
Pronunciation edit
- (North Wales) IPA(key): /dɪvˈlɪnɔ/
- (South Wales) IPA(key): /dɪvˈliːnɔ/, /dɪvˈlɪnɔ/
- Rhymes: -iːnɔ, -ɪnɔ
Verb edit
diflino (first-person singular present diflinaf)
- (transitive) to reinvigorate, to refresh, to rid of fatigue
Conjugation edit
Conjugation (literary)
| singular | plural | impersonal | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| first | second | third | first | second | third | |||
| present indicative/future | divlinaf | divlini | divlina | divlinwn | divlinwch | divlinant | divlinir | |
| imperfect (indicative/subjunctive)/ conditional |
divlinwn | divlinit | divlinai | divlinem | divlinech | divlinent | divlinid | |
| preterite | divlinais | divlinaist | divlinodd | divlinasom | divlinasoch | divlinasant | divlinwyd | |
| pluperfect | divlinaswn | divlinasit | divlinasai | divlinasem | divlinasech | divlinasent | divlinasid, divlinesid | |
| present subjunctive | divlinwyf | divlinych | divlino | divlinom | divlinoch | divlinont | divliner | |
| imperative | — | divlina | divlined | divlinwn | divlinwch | divlinent | divliner | |
| verbal noun | diflino | |||||||
| verbal adjectives | divlinedig divlinadwy | |||||||
Conjugation (colloquial)
| Inflected colloquial forms | singular | plural | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| first | second | third | first | second | third | |
| future | divlina i, divlinaf i | divlini di | divlinith o/e/hi, divliniff e/hi | divlinwn ni | divlinwch chi | divlinan nhw |
| conditional | divlinwn i, divlinswn i | divlinet ti, divlinset ti | divlinai fo/fe/hi, divlinsai fo/fe/hi | divlinen ni, divlinsen ni | divlinech chi, divlinsech chi | divlinen nhw, divlinsen nhw |
| preterite | divlinais i, divlines i | divlinaist ti, divlinest ti | divlinodd o/e/hi | divlinon ni | divlinoch chi | divlinon nhw |
| imperative | — | divlina | — | — | divlinwch | — |
| Note: All other forms are periphrastic, as usual in colloquial Welsh. | ||||||
Related terms edit
- diflinder (“tirelessness”)
Mutation edit
| Welsh mutation | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| radical | soft | nasal | aspirate |
| diflino | ddiflino | niflino | 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), “diflino”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies