diddanu

Welsh

Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.) Cognate with Old Irish do·dona (see there for a parallel formation from the same root) and Cornish didhana.

Pronunciation

• (North Wales) IPA^(key): /dɪˈðanɨ̞/
• (South Wales) IPA^(key): /dɪˈða(ː)ni/

Verb

diddanu (first-person singular present diddanaf)

1. to entertain

   Synonyms: difyrru, adlonni, digrifhau, llawenhau

2. to cheer up, to gladden

   Synonym: sirioli

3. to comfort, to console

   Synonym: cysuro

Conjugation

Conjugation of diddanu (literary)

	singular			plural			impersonal
	first	second	third	first	second	third
present indicative/future	diddanaf	diddeni	diddana	diddanwn	diddenwch, diddanwch	diddanant	diddenir
imperfect (indicative/subjunctive)/ conditional	diddanwn	diddanit	diddanai	diddanem	diddanech	diddanent	diddenid
preterite	diddenais	diddenaist	diddanodd	diddanasom	diddanasoch	diddanasant	diddanwyd
pluperfect	diddanaswn	diddanasit	diddanasai	diddanasem	diddanasech	diddanasent	diddanasid, diddanesid
present subjunctive	diddanwyf	diddenych	diddano	diddanom	diddanoch	diddanont	diddaner
imperative	—	diddana	diddaned	diddanwn	diddenwch, diddanwch	diddanent	diddaner
verbal noun	diddanu
verbal adjectives	diddanedig diddanadwy

Conjugation of diddanu (colloquial)

inflected colloquial forms	singular			plural
	first	second	third	first	second	third
future	diddana i, diddanaf i	diddani di	diddanith o/e/hi, diddaniff e/hi	diddanwn ni	diddanwch chi	diddanan nhw
conditional	diddanwn i, diddanswn i	diddanet ti, diddanset ti	diddanai fo/fe/hi, diddansai fo/fe/hi	diddanen ni, diddansen ni	diddanech chi, diddansech chi	diddanen nhw, diddansen nhw
preterite	diddanais i, diddanes i	diddanaist ti, diddanest ti	diddanodd o/e/hi	diddanon ni	diddanoch chi	diddanon nhw
imperative	—	diddana	—	—	diddanwch	—

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

Derived terms

• ymddiddan (“conversation; to converse”)

Mutation

Mutated forms of diddanu

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