dianc

Welsh

Alternative forms

• diainc, dihengi, dihangu, dihengyd

Etymology

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Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈdiː.aŋk/

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Verb

dianc (first-person singular present dihangaf)

1. (intransitive) to escape, to flee
2. (transitive) to escape from, to evade

   Synonym: osgoi

3. (transitive) to rescue

   Synonym: gwaredu

Conjugation

Conjugation (literary)

	singular			plural			impersonal
	first	second	third	first	second	third
present indicative/future	dihangaf	dihengi	diainc, dihanga	dihangwn	dihengwch, dihangwch	dihangant	dihengir
imperfect (indicative/subjunctive)/ conditional	dihangwn	dihangit	dihangai	dihangem	dihangech	dihangent	dihengid
preterite	dihengais	dihengaist	dihangodd	diangasom	diangasoch	diangasant	dihangwyd
pluperfect	diangaswn	diangasit	diangasai	diangasem	diangasech	diangasent	diangasid, diangesid
present subjunctive	dihangwyf	dihengych	dihango	dihangom	dihangoch	dihangont	dihanger
imperative	—	dianc, dihanga	dihanged	dihangwn	dihengwch, dihangwch	dihangent	dihanger
verbal noun	dianc
verbal adjectives	diangedig diangadwy

Conjugation (colloquial)

Inflected colloquial forms	singular			plural
	first	second	third	first	second	third
future	dihanga i, dihangaf i	dihangi di	dihangith o/e/hi, dihangiff e/hi	dihangwn ni	dihangwch chi	dihangan nhw
conditional	dihangwn i, dihangswn i	dihanget ti, dihangset ti	dihangai fo/fe/hi, dihangsai fo/fe/hi	dihangen ni, dihangsen ni	dihangech chi, dihangsech chi	dihangen nhw, dihangsen nhw
preterite	dihangais i, dihanges i	dihangaist ti, dihangest ti	dihangodd o/e/hi	dihangon ni	dihangoch chi	dihangon nhw
imperative	—	dihanga	—	—	dihangwch	—
Note: All other forms are periphrastic, as usual in colloquial Welsh.

Derived terms

• dihangdod m (“escapism”)
• dihangfa f (“escape”)
• dihangol (“escapist”, adjective)
• dihangwr m (“escape artist”)

 

Mutation

Welsh mutation
radical	soft	nasal	aspirate
dianc	ddianc	nianc	unchanged
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

• R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke et al., editors (1950–present), “dianc”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies