dileu

Welsh

Alternative forms
  • dilein, dilain

Etymology

From Middle Welsh dileu, from Proto-Brythonic *dileɣọd, from Proto-Celtic *dīlegeti (“to destroy”); cognate with Old Irish do·lega. Sense influenced by Latin dēleō, dēlētus and its descendants.

Pronunciation

Verb

dileu (first-person singular present dileaf)

  1. to delete
  2. to cancel

Conjugation
Conjugation (literary)
singular plural impersonal
first second third first second third
present indicative/future dileaf dilei dilea dilëwn dilëwch dileant dilëir
imperfect (indicative/subjunctive)/conditional dilëwn dileit dileai dileem dileech dileent dilëid
preterite dileais dileaist dileodd dileasom dileasoch dileasant dilëwyd
pluperfect dileaswn dileasit dileasai dileasem dileasech dileasent dileasid, dileesid
present subjunctive dilëwyf dileych dileo dileom dileoch dileont dileer
imperative — dilea dileed dilëwn dilëwch dileent dileer
verbal noun dileu
verbal adjectives dileedig
dileadwy
Conjugation (colloquial)
Inflected colloquial forms singular plural
first second third first second third
future dilea i, dileaf i dilei di dileith o/e/hi, dileiff e/hi dilewn ni dilewch chi dilean nhw
conditional dilewn i, dileswn i dileet ti, dileset ti dileai fo/fe/hi, dilesai fo/fe/hi dileen ni, dilesen ni dileech chi, dilesech chi dileen nhw, dilesen nhw
preterite dileais i, dilees i dileaist ti, dileest ti dileodd o/e/hi dileon ni dileoch chi dileon nhw
imperative — dilea — — dilewch —
Note: All other forms are periphrastic, as usual in colloquial Welsh.

Mutation
Welsh mutation
radical soft nasal aspirate
dileu ddileu nileu unchanged
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.
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