deifio

Welsh

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈdei̯vjɔ/
  • Rhymes: -ei̯vjɔ

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 *dawyeti, 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
  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, deifiswn i deifiet ti, deifiset ti deifiai fo/fe/hi, deifisai fo/fe/hi deifien ni, deifisen ni deifiech chi, deifisech chi deifien nhw, deifisen 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.

Verb

deifio (first-person singular present deifiaf)

  1. to dive

Mutation
Welsh mutation
radicalsoftnasalaspirate
deifio ddeifio neifio unchanged
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

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

Further reading
  • 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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