dileu

Welsh

Alternative forms

  • dilein, dilain

Etymology

From Middle Welsh dileu, from Proto-Brythonic *dileɣọd, from Proto-Celtic *dīlegeti (to destroy); cognate with Old Irish do·lega. Sense influenced by Latin dēleō, dēlētus and its descendants.

Pronunciation

Verb

dileu (first-person singular present dileaf)

  1. to delete
  2. to cancel

Conjugation

Conjugation of dileu (literary)
singular plural impersonal
first second third first second third
present indicative/future dileaf dilei dilea dilëwn dilëwch dileant dilëir
imperfect (indicative/subjunctive)/conditional dilëwn dileit dileai dileem dileech dileent dilëid
preterite dileais dileaist dileodd dileasom dileasoch dileasant dilëwyd
pluperfect dileaswn dileasit dileasai dileasem dileasech dileasent dileasid, dileesid
present subjunctive dilëwyf dileych dileo dileom dileoch dileont dileer
imperative dilea dileed dilëwn dilëwch dileent dileer
verbal noun dileu
verbal adjectives dileedig
dileadwy
Conjugation (colloquial)
inflected
colloquial forms
singular plural
first second third first second third
future dilea i,
dileaf i
dilei di dileith o/e/hi,
dileiff e/hi
dilewn ni dilewch chi dilean nhw
conditional dilewn i,
dileswn i
dileet ti,
dileset ti
dileai fo/fe/hi,
dilesai fo/fe/hi
dileen ni,
dilesen ni
dileech chi,
dilesech chi
dileen nhw,
dilesen nhw
preterite dileais i,
dilees i
dileaist ti,
dileest ti
dileodd o/e/hi dileon ni dileoch chi dileon nhw
imperative dilea dilewch

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

Mutation

Mutated forms of dileu
radical soft nasal aspirate
dileu ddileu nileu unchanged

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