defnyddio

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Welsh

Etymology

From defnydd (“material, stuff; use, service”) +‎ -io.

Pronunciation

Verb

defnyddio (first-person singular present defnyddiaf)

  1. (transitive) to use, make use of, employ, practise
  2. (transitive) to form, prepare, arrange

Conjugation

Conjugation (literary)
singular plural impersonal
first second third first second third
present indicative/future defnyddiaf defnyddi defnyddia defnyddiwn defnyddiwch defnyddiant defnyddir
imperfect (indicative/subjunctive)/conditional defnyddiwn defnyddit defnyddiai defnyddiem defnyddiech defnyddient defnyddid
preterite defnyddiais defnyddiaist defnyddiodd defnyddiasom defnyddiasoch defnyddiasant defnyddiwyd
pluperfect defnyddiaswn defnyddiasit defnyddiasai defnyddiasem defnyddiasech defnyddiasent defnyddiasid, defnyddiesid
present subjunctive defnyddiwyf defnyddiech defnyddio defnyddiom defnyddioch defnyddiont defnyddier
imperative — defnyddia defnyddied defnyddiwn defnyddiwch defnyddient defnyddier
verbal noun defnyddio
verbal adjectives defnyddedig
defnyddiadwy, defnyddadwy
Conjugation (colloquial)
Inflected colloquial forms singular plural
first second third first second third
future defnyddia i, defnyddiaf i defnyddi di defnyddith o/e/hi, defnyddiff e/hi defnyddiwn ni defnyddiwch chi defnyddian nhw
conditional defnyddiwn i, defnyddswn i defnyddiet ti, defnyddset ti defnyddiai fo/fe/hi, defnyddsai fo/fe/hi defnyddien ni, defnyddsen ni defnyddiech chi, defnyddsech chi defnyddien nhw, defnyddsen nhw
preterite defnyddiais i, defnyddies i defnyddiaist ti, defnyddiest ti defnyddiodd o/e/hi defnyddion ni defnyddioch chi defnyddion nhw
imperative — defnyddia — — defnyddiwch —
Note: All other forms are periphrastic, as usual in colloquial Welsh.

Derived terms

  • defnyddiol (“useful, of service, advantageous, profitable; practical; material, elemental, elementary, basic; prepared”)
  • defnyddiwr m (“user, employer; consumer; maker, author, fabricator, contriver”)

Mutation

Mutated forms of defnyddio
radical soft nasal aspirate
defnyddio ddefnyddio nefnyddio unchanged

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Welsh.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

References

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