diweddu

Welsh

Alternative forms

Etymology

diwedd (completion) +‎ -u.

Pronunciation

Verb

diweddu (first-person singular present diwedd)

  1. (South Wales, colloquial) to complete, to finish, to terminate
    Synonyms: dibennu, gorffen, darfod, terfynu
    Antonyms: cychwyn, dechrau
    • 1885, Daniel Owen, Rhys Lewis[1], →ISBN, page 24:
      Yr oedd Wil wedi cael allan rywfodd fod Abel yn dechre y cyfarfod yn ôl ei watch, ac yn diweddu yn ôl cloc y capel.
      Wil had somehow found out that Abel started the meeting according to his watch, and ended according to the chapel clock.

Conjugation

Conjugation (literary)
singular plural impersonal
first second third first second third
present indicative/future terfynaf terfyni terfyna terfynwn terfynwch terfynant terfynir
imperfect (indicative/subjunctive)/
conditional
terfynwn terfynit terfynai terfynem terfynech terfynent terfynid
preterite terfynais terfynaist terfynodd terfynasom terfynasoch terfynasant terfynwyd
pluperfect terfynaswn terfynasit terfynasai terfynasem terfynasech terfynasent terfynasid, terfynesid
present subjunctive terfynwyf terfynych terfyno terfynom terfynoch terfynont terfyner
imperative terfyna terfyned terfynwn terfynwch terfynent terfyner
verbal noun diweddu
verbal adjectives terfynedig
terfynadwy
Conjugation (colloquial)
inflected
colloquial forms
singular plural
first second third first second third
future diwedda i,
diweddaf i
diweddi di diweddith o/e/hi,
diweddiff e/hi
diweddwn ni diweddwch chi diweddan nhw
conditional diweddwn i,
diweddswn i
diweddet ti,
diweddset ti
diweddai fo/fe/hi,
diweddsai fo/fe/hi
diwedden ni,
diweddsen ni
diweddech chi,
diweddsech chi
diwedden nhw,
diweddsen nhw
preterite diweddais i,
diweddes i
diweddaist ti,
diweddest ti
diweddodd o/e/hi diweddon ni diweddoch chi diweddon nhw
imperative diwedda diweddwch

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

Mutation

Mutated forms of diweddu
radical soft nasal aspirate
diweddu ddiweddu niweddu unchanged

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

Further reading

  • D. G. Lewis, N. Lewis, editors (2005–present), “diweddu”, in Gweiadur: the Welsh–English Dictionary, Gwerin
  • R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke et al., editors (1950–present), “diweddu”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies