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
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”)
  • diraddiad (“degradation”)
  • diraddiadwy (“degradable”)
  • diraddiedig, diraddiol (“degraded”)

Mutation

Mutated forms of diraddio
radical soft nasal aspirate
diraddio ddiraddio niraddio unchanged

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

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
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