ymddiheuro

Welsh

Etymology

From ym- +‎ diheuro (to excuse).

Pronunciation

Verb

ymddiheuro (first-person singular present ymddiheuraf)

  1. to apologize

Conjugation

Conjugation (literary)
singular plural impersonal
first second third first second third
present indicative/future ymddiheuraf ymddiheuri ymddiheura ymddiheurwn ymddiheurwch ymddiheurant ymddiheurir
imperfect (indicative/subjunctive)/
conditional
ymddiheurwn ymddiheurit ymddiheurai ymddiheurem ymddiheurech ymddiheurent ymddiheurid
preterite ymddiheurais ymddiheuraist ymddiheurodd ymddiheurasom ymddiheurasoch ymddiheurasant ymddiheurwyd
pluperfect ymddiheuraswn ymddiheurasit ymddiheurasai ymddiheurasem ymddiheurasech ymddiheurasent ymddiheurasid, ymddiheuresid
present subjunctive ymddiheurwyf ymddiheurych ymddiheuro ymddiheurom ymddiheuroch ymddiheuront ymddiheurer
imperative ymddiheura ymddiheured ymddiheurwn ymddiheurwch ymddiheurent ymddiheurer
verbal noun ymddiheuro
verbal adjectives ymddiheuredig
ymddiheuradwy
Conjugation (colloquial)
inflected
colloquial forms
singular plural
first second third first second third
future ymddiheura i,
ymddiheuraf i
ymddiheuri di ymddiheurith o/e/hi,
ymddiheuriff e/hi
ymddiheurwn ni ymddiheurwch chi ymddiheuran nhw
conditional ymddiheurwn i,
ymddiheurswn i
ymddiheuret ti,
ymddiheurset ti
ymddiheurai fo/fe/hi,
ymddiheursai fo/fe/hi
ymddiheuren ni,
ymddiheursen ni
ymddiheurech chi,
ymddiheursech chi
ymddiheuren nhw,
ymddiheursen nhw
preterite ymddiheurais i,
ymddiheures i
ymddiheuraist ti,
ymddiheurest ti
ymddiheurodd o/e/hi ymddiheuron ni ymddiheuroch chi ymddiheuron nhw
imperative ymddiheura ymddiheurwch

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

Mutation

Mutated forms of ymddiheuro
radical soft nasal h-prothesis
ymddiheuro unchanged unchanged hymddiheuro

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