diweddaru

Welsh

Etymology

From diweddar (“late; recent”) +‎ -u (verb-forming suffix).

Pronunciation

Verb

diweddaru (first-person singular present diweddaraf)

  1. to update, to make recent
  2. to modernise

Conjugation
Conjugation (literary)
singular plural impersonal
first second third first second third
present indicative/future diweddaraf diwedderi diweddara diweddarwn diwedderwch, diweddarwch diweddarant diwedderir
imperfect (indicative/subjunctive)/
conditional		 diweddarwn diweddarit diweddarai diweddarem diweddarech diweddarent diwedderid
preterite diwedderais diwedderaist diweddarodd diweddarasom diweddarasoch diweddarasant diweddarwyd
pluperfect diweddaraswn diweddarasit diweddarasai diweddarasem diweddarasech diweddarasent diweddarasid, diweddaresid
present subjunctive diweddarwyf diwedderych diweddaro diweddarom diweddaroch diweddaront diweddarer
imperative — diweddara diweddared diweddarwn diwedderwch, diweddarwch diweddarent diweddarer
verbal noun diweddaru
verbal adjectives diweddaredig
diweddaradwy
Conjugation (colloquial)
Inflected colloquial forms singular plural
first second third first second third
future diweddara i, diweddaraf i diweddari di diweddarith o/e/hi, diweddariff e/hi diweddarwn ni diweddarwch chi diweddaran nhw
conditional diweddarwn i, diweddarswn i diweddaret ti, diweddarset ti diweddarai fo/fe/hi, diweddarsai fo/fe/hi diweddaren ni, diweddarsen ni diweddarech chi, diweddarsech chi diweddaren nhw, diweddarsen nhw
preterite diweddarais i, diweddares i diweddaraist ti, diweddarest ti diweddarodd o/e/hi diweddaron ni diweddaroch chi diweddaron nhw
imperative — diweddara — — diweddarwch —
Note: All other forms are periphrastic, as usual in colloquial Welsh.

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

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