edifaru

Welsh

Alternative forms

  • (colloquial) difaru

Etymology

From edifar (“regrettable; repentant”) +‎ -u, from Proto-Celtic *ad-dī-mar-, corresponding to the prefixes ad-, di- and a final element derived from Proto-Indo-European *(s)mer- (“to remember”).[1]

Pronunciation

Verb

edifaru (first-person singular present edifaraf)

  1. to regret, to be sorry

Conjugation

Conjugation (colloquial)
inflected
colloquial forms 		singular plural
first second third first second third
future edifara i,
edifaraf i 		edifari di edifarith o/e/hi,
edifariff e/hi 		edifarwn ni edifarwch chi edifaran nhw
conditional edifarwn i,
edifarswn i 		edifaret ti,
edifarset ti 		edifarai fo/fe/hi,
edifarsai fo/fe/hi 		edifaren ni,
edifarsen ni 		edifarech chi,
edifarsech chi 		edifaren nhw,
edifarsen nhw
preterite edifarais i,
edifares i 		edifaraist ti,
edifarest ti 		edifarodd o/e/hi edifaron ni edifaroch chi edifaron nhw
imperative — edifara — — edifarwch —

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

Mutation

Mutated forms of edifaru
radical soft nasal h-prothesis
edifaru unchanged unchanged hedifaru

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), “edifaru”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies
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