ymddiddan
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Welsh[edit]
Etymology[edit]
ym- + diddanu (“to entertain; to console”)
Pronunciation[edit]
- (North Wales) IPA(key): /əmˈðɪðan/
- (South Wales) IPA(key): /əmˈðiːðan/, /əmˈðɪðan/
Noun[edit]
ymddiddan m (plural ymddiddanion)
Verb[edit]
ymddiddan (first-person singular present ymddiddanaf)
- to converse
Conjugation[edit]
Conjugation (literary)
| singular | plural | impersonal | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| first | second | third | first | second | third | |||
| present indicative/future | ymddiddanaf | ymddiddeni | ymddiddan, ymddiddana | ymddiddanwn | ymddiddenwch, ymddiddanwch | ymddiddanant | ymddiddenir | |
| imperfect (indicative/subjunctive)/ conditional |
ymddiddanwn | ymddiddanit | ymddiddanai | ymddiddanem | ymddiddanech | ymddiddanent | ymddiddenid | |
| preterite | ymddiddenais | ymddiddenaist | ymddiddanodd | ymddiddanasom | ymddiddanasoch | ymddiddanasant | ymddiddanwyd | |
| pluperfect | ymddiddanaswn | ymddiddanasit | ymddiddanasai | ymddiddanasem | ymddiddanasech | ymddiddanasent | ymddiddanasid, ymddiddanesid | |
| present subjunctive | ymddiddanwyf | ymddiddenych | ymddiddano | ymddiddanom | ymddiddanoch | ymddiddanont | ymddiddaner | |
| imperative | — | ymddiddan, ymddiddana | ymddiddaned | ymddiddanwn | ymddiddenwch, ymddiddanwch | ymddiddanent | ymddiddaner | |
| verbal noun | ymddiddan | |||||||
| verbal adjectives | — | |||||||
Conjugation (colloquial)
| Inflected colloquial forms | singular | plural | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| first | second | third | first | second | third | |
| future | ymddiddana i, ymddiddanaf i | ymddiddani di | ymddiddanith o/e/hi, ymddiddaniff e/hi | ymddiddanwn ni | ymddiddanwch chi | ymddiddanan nhw |
| conditional | ymddiddanwn i, ymddiddanswn i | ymddiddanet ti, ymddiddanset ti | ymddiddanai fo/fe/hi, ymddiddansai fo/fe/hi | ymddiddanen ni, ymddiddansen ni | ymddiddanech chi, ymddiddansech chi | ymddiddanen nhw, ymddiddansen nhw |
| preterite | ymddiddanais i, ymddiddanes i | ymddiddanaist ti, ymddiddanest ti | ymddiddanodd o/e/hi | ymddiddanon ni | ymddiddanoch chi | ymddiddanon nhw |
| imperative | — | ymddiddana | — | — | ymddiddanwch | — |
| Note: All other forms are periphrastic, as usual in colloquial Welsh. | ||||||
Mutation[edit]
| Welsh mutation | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| radical | soft | nasal | h-prothesis |
| ymddiddan | unchanged | unchanged | hymddiddan |
| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. | |||
Further reading[edit]
- R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke et al., editors (1950–present), “ymddiddanaf”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies