difetha

Welsh

Etymology

di- +‎ medd (authority, possession) +‎ -ha[1]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /dɪˈvɛθa/

Verb

difetha (first-person singular present difethaf)

  1. to destroy
  2. to spoil, mar
  3. to spoil, pamper, coddle

Conjugation

Conjugation (literary)
singular plural impersonal
first second third first second third
present indicative/future difethaf difethi difetha difethwn difethwch difethant difethir
imperfect (indicative/subjunctive)/
conditional
difethwn difethit difethai difethem difethech difethent difethid
preterite difethais difethaist difethodd difethasom difethasoch difethasant difethwyd
pluperfect difethaswn difethasit difethasai difethasem difethasech difethasent difethasid, difethesid
present subjunctive difethwyf difethych difetho difethom difethoch difethont difether
imperative difetha difethed difethwn difethwch difethent difether
verbal noun difetha
verbal adjectives difethedig
difethadwy
Conjugation (colloquial)
inflected
colloquial forms
singular plural
first second third first second third
future difetha i,
difethaf i
difethi di difethith o/e/hi,
difethiff e/hi
difethwn ni difethwch chi difethan nhw
conditional difethwn i,
difethswn i
difethet ti,
difethset ti
difethai fo/fe/hi,
difethsai fo/fe/hi
difethen ni,
difethsen ni
difethech chi,
difethsech chi
difethen nhw,
difethsen nhw
preterite difethais i,
difethes i
difethaist ti,
difethest ti
difethodd o/e/hi difethon ni difethoch chi difethon nhw
imperative difetha difethwch

Note: All other forms are periphrastic, as usual in colloquial Welsh.

Mutation

Mutated forms of difetha
radical soft nasal aspirate
difetha ddifetha nifetha unchanged

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Welsh.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

References

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