edifaru
Welsh
Alternative forms
- (colloquial) difaru
Etymology
From edifar (“regrettable; repentant”) + -u, from Proto-Celtic *ad-dī-mar-, corresponding to the prefixes ad-, di- and a final element derived from Proto-Indo-European *(s)mer- (“to remember”).[1]
Pronunciation
- (North Wales) IPA(key): /(ˌ)ɛdɪˈvarɨ̞/
- (South Wales) IPA(key): /(ˌ)ɛdɪˈva(ː)ri/
- Rhymes: -varɨ̞
Conjugation
Conjugation (colloquial)
| Inflected colloquial forms | singular | plural | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| first | second | third | first | second | third | |
| future | edifara i, edifaraf i | edifari di | edifarith o/e/hi, edifariff e/hi | edifarwn ni | edifarwch chi | edifaran nhw |
| conditional | edifarwn i, edifarswn i | edifaret ti, edifarset ti | edifarai fo/fe/hi, edifarsai fo/fe/hi | edifaren ni, edifarsen ni | edifarech chi, edifarsech chi | edifaren nhw, edifarsen nhw |
| preterite | edifarais i, edifares i | edifaraist ti, edifarest ti | edifarodd o/e/hi | edifaron ni | edifaroch chi | edifaron nhw |
| imperative | — | edifara | — | — | edifarwch | — |
| Note: All other forms are periphrastic, as usual in colloquial Welsh. | ||||||
Related terms
- edifeirwch m (“regret”)
Mutation
| Welsh mutation | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| radical | soft | nasal | h-prothesis |
| edifaru | unchanged | unchanged | hedifaru |
| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. | |||
References
- R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke et al., editors (1950–present), “edifaru”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies
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