diogelu

Welsh

Etymology

From diogel (“safe, secure”) +‎ -u.

Verb

diogelu (first-person singular present diogelaf)

  1. to protect, to preserve
  2. to secure, to make safe, to assure

Conjugation
Conjugation (literary)
singular plural impersonal
first second third first second third
present indicative/future diogelaf diogeli diogela diogelwn diogelwch diogelant diogelir
imperfect (indicative/subjunctive)/
conditional		 diogelwn diogelit diogelai diogelem diogelech diogelent diogelid
preterite diogelais diogelaist diogelodd diogelasom diogelasoch diogelasant diogelwyd
pluperfect diogelaswn diogelasit diogelasai diogelasem diogelasech diogelasent diogelasid, diogelesid
present subjunctive diogelwyf diogelych diogelo diogelom diogeloch diogelont diogeler
imperative — diogela diogeled diogelwn diogelwch diogelent diogeler
verbal noun diogelu
verbal adjectives diogeledig
diogeladwy
Conjugation (colloquial)
Inflected colloquial forms singular plural
first second third first second third
future diogela i, diogelaf i diogeli di diogelith o/e/hi, diogeliff e/hi diogelwn ni diogelwch chi diogelan nhw
conditional diogelwn i, diogelswn i diogelet ti, diogelset ti diogelai fo/fe/hi, diogelsai fo/fe/hi diogelen ni, diogelsen ni diogelech chi, diogelsech chi diogelen nhw, diogelsen nhw
preterite diogelais i, diogeles i diogelaist ti, diogelest ti diogelodd o/e/hi diogelon ni diogeloch chi diogelon nhw
imperative — diogela — — diogelwch —
Note: All other forms are periphrastic, as usual in colloquial Welsh.

Mutation
Welsh mutation
radical soft nasal aspirate
diogelu ddiogelu niogelu 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), “diogelu”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies
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