digoni
Welsh
Etymology
Equivalent to digon (“enough, sufficient”) + -i.
Pronunciation
- (North Wales) IPA(key): /dɪˈɡɔni/
- (South Wales) IPA(key): /dɪˈɡoːni/, /dɪˈɡɔni/
Verb
digoni (first-person singular present digonaf)
- to suffice, satisfy
Conjugation
Conjugation (literary)
singular | plural | impersonal | ||||||
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first | second | third | first | second | third | |||
present indicative/future | digonaf | digoni | digona | digonwn | digonwch | digonant | digonir | |
imperfect (indicative/subjunctive)/ conditional | digonwn | digonit | digonai | digonem | digonech | digonent | digonid | |
preterite | digonais | digonaist | digonodd | digonasom | digonasoch | digonasant | digonwyd | |
pluperfect | digonaswn | digonasit | digonasai | digonasem | digonasech | digonasent | digonasid, digonesid | |
present subjunctive | digonwyf | digonych | digono | digonom | digonoch | digonont | digoner | |
imperative | — | digona | digoned | digonwn | digonwch | digonent | digoner | |
verbal noun | digoni | |||||||
verbal adjectives | digonedig digonadwy |
Conjugation (colloquial)
Inflected colloquial forms | singular | plural | ||||
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first | second | third | first | second | third | |
future | digona i, digonaf i | digoni di | digonith o/e/hi, digoniff e/hi | digonwn ni | digonwch chi | digonan nhw |
conditional | digonwn i, digonswn i | digonet ti, digonset ti | digonai fo/fe/hi, digonsai fo/fe/hi | digonen ni, digonsen ni | digonech chi, digonsech chi | digonen nhw, digonsen nhw |
preterite | digonais i, digones i | digonaist ti, digonest ti | digonodd o/e/hi | digonon ni | digonoch chi | digonon nhw |
imperative | — | digona | — | — | digonwch | — |
Note: All other forms are periphrastic, as usual in colloquial Welsh. |
Mutation
Welsh mutation | |||
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radical | soft | nasal | aspirate |
digoni | ddigoni | nigoni | 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-), “digoni”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies