deifio

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Welsh

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

From Middle Welsh deifyaw, from Proto-Brythonic *dėβjɨd (compare Cornish dewi, Breton deviñ) for which Matasović provides two etymologies:

  1. from Proto-Celtic *dauyeti, from Proto-Indo-European *deh₂w- (“kindle, burn”) (compare Tocharian A twās, Ancient Greek δαίω (daíō))[1]
  2. from Proto-Celtic *degʷyeti, from Proto-Indo-European *dʰegʷʰ- (“to burn”)[2]

By surface analysis, daif +‎ -io.

Verb

deifio (first-person singular present deifiaf)

  1. to scorch, singe
    Synonym: cochi
  2. to blast
  3. to blight
Conjugation
Conjugation (literary)
singular plural impersonal
first second third first second third
present indicative/future deifiaf deifi daif, deifia deifiwn deifiwch deifiant deifir
imperfect (indicative/subjunctive)/conditional deifiwn deifit deifiai deifiem deifiech deifient deifid
preterite deifiais deifiaist deifiodd deifiasom deifiasoch deifiasant deifiwyd
pluperfect deifiaswn deifiasit deifiasai deifiasem deifiasech deifiasent deifiasid, deifiesid
present subjunctive deifiwyf deifiech deifio deifiom deifioch deifiont deifier
imperative — daif, deifia deified deifiwn deifiwch deifient deifier
verbal noun deifio
verbal adjectives deifiedig
deifiadwy
Conjugation (colloquial)
Inflected colloquial forms singular plural
first second third first second third
future deifia i, deifiaf i deifi di deifith o/e/hi, deififf e/hi deifiwn ni deifiwch chi deifian nhw
conditional deifiwn i, deifswn i deifiet ti, deifset ti deifiai fo/fe/hi, deifsai fo/fe/hi deifien ni, deifsen ni deifiech chi, deifsech chi deifien nhw, deifsen nhw
preterite deifiais i, deifies i deifiaist ti, deifiest ti deifiodd o/e/hi deifion ni deifioch chi deifion nhw
imperative — deifia — — deifiwch —
Note: All other forms are periphrastic, as usual in colloquial Welsh.

Etymology 2

From English dive +‎ -io.[3]

Verb

deifio (first-person singular present deifiaf)

  1. to dive
    Synonyms: plymio, dowcio

Mutation

Mutated forms of deifio
radical soft nasal aspirate
deifio ddeifio neifio unchanged

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

References

  1. ^ Matasović, Ranko (2009) “*daw-yo-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 92
  2. ^ Matasović, Ranko (2009) “*degʷi-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 93
  3. ^ R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke et al., editors (1950–present), “deifio”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies
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