diflannu

Welsh

Alternative forms

• diflan

Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium. Particularly: “diflan is a backformation according to GPC”)

Pronunciation

• (North Wales) IPA^(key): /dɪvˈlanɨ̞/
• (South Wales) IPA^(key): /dɪvˈlani/

Verb

diflannu (first-person singular present diflannaf)

1. (intransitive) to disappear

Conjugation

Conjugation of diflannu (literary)

	singular			plural			impersonal
	first	second	third	first	second	third
present indicative/future	diflannaf	diflenni	diflanna	diflannwn	diflennwch, diflannwch	diflannant	diflennir
imperfect (indicative/subjunctive)/ conditional	diflannwn	diflannit	diflannai	diflannem	diflannech	diflannent	diflennid
preterite	diflennais	diflennaist	diflannodd	diflanasom	diflanasoch	diflanasant	diflannwyd
pluperfect	diflanaswn	diflanasit	diflanasai	diflanasem	diflanasech	diflanasent	diflanasid, diflanesid
present subjunctive	diflannwyf	diflennych	diflanno	diflannom	diflannoch	diflannont	diflanner
imperative	—	diflanna	diflanned	diflannwn	diflennwch, diflannwch	diflannent	diflanner
verbal noun	diflannu
verbal adjectives	diflanedig diflanadwy

Conjugation of diflannu (colloquial)

inflected colloquial forms	singular			plural
	first	second	third	first	second	third
future	diflanna i, diflannaf i	diflanni di	diflannith o/e/hi, diflanniff e/hi	diflannwn ni	diflannwch chi	diflannan nhw
conditional	diflannwn i, diflannswn i	diflannet ti, diflannset ti	diflannai fo/fe/hi, diflannsai fo/fe/hi	diflannen ni, diflannsen ni	diflannech chi, diflannsech chi	diflannen nhw, diflannsen nhw
preterite	diflannais i, diflannes i	diflannaist ti, diflannest ti	diflannodd o/e/hi	diflannon ni	diflannoch chi	diflannon nhw
imperative	—	diflanna	—	—	diflannwch	—

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

Derived terms

• diflanedig, diflan (“fleeting”)
• diflaniad (“disappearance”)
• diflannu fel iâr i ddodwy (“to slip away”, literally “to disappear like a laying hen”)

Mutation

Mutated forms of diflannu

radical	soft	nasal	aspirate
diflannu	ddiflannu	niflannu	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), “diflannu”, in Gweiadur: the Welsh–English Dictionary, Gwerin
• R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke, et al., editors (1950–present), “diflannu”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies