gwahaniaethu

Welsh

Etymology

From gwahaniaeth +‎ -u.

Pronunciation

  • (North Wales, standard) IPA(key): /ˌɡwahanˈjeɨ̯θɨ/
    • (North Wales, colloquial) IPA(key): /ɡwanˈjeɨ̯θɨ/
  • (South Wales, standard) IPA(key): /ˌɡwahanˈjei̯θi/

Verb

gwahaniaethu (first-person singular present gwahaniaethaf)

  1. (intransitive) to differ, to diverge
  2. (transitive) to distinguish, to differentiate
  3. (intransitive) to discriminate (make decisions based on prejudice)

Conjugation

Conjugation (literary)
singular plural impersonal
first second third first second third
present indicative/future gwahaniaethaf gwahaniaethi gwahaniaetha gwahaniaethwn gwahaniaethwch gwahaniaethant gwahaniaethir
imperfect (indicative/subjunctive)/
conditional
gwahaniaethwn gwahaniaethit gwahaniaethai gwahaniaethem gwahaniaethech gwahaniaethent gwahaniaethid
preterite gwahaniaethais gwahaniaethaist gwahaniaethodd gwahaniaethasom gwahaniaethasoch gwahaniaethasant gwahaniaethwyd
pluperfect gwahaniaethaswn gwahaniaethasit gwahaniaethasai gwahaniaethasem gwahaniaethasech gwahaniaethasent gwahaniaethasid, gwahaniaethesid
present subjunctive gwahaniaethwyf gwahaniaethych gwahaniaetho gwahaniaethom gwahaniaethoch gwahaniaethont gwahaniaether
imperative gwahaniaetha gwahaniaethed gwahaniaethwn gwahaniaethwch gwahaniaethent gwahaniaether
verbal noun gwahaniaethu
verbal adjectives gwahaniaethedig
gwahaniaethadwy
Conjugation (colloquial)
inflected
colloquial forms
singular plural
first second third first second third
future gwahaniaetha i,
gwahaniaethaf i
gwahaniaethi di gwahaniaethith o/e/hi,
gwahaniaethiff e/hi
gwahaniaethwn ni gwahaniaethwch chi gwahaniaethan nhw
conditional gwahaniaethwn i,
gwahaniaethswn i
gwahaniaethet ti,
gwahaniaethset ti
gwahaniaethai fo/fe/hi,
gwahaniaethsai fo/fe/hi
gwahaniaethen ni,
gwahaniaethsen ni
gwahaniaethech chi,
gwahaniaethsech chi
gwahaniaethen nhw,
gwahaniaethsen nhw
preterite gwahaniaethais i,
gwahaniaethes i
gwahaniaethaist ti,
gwahaniaethest ti
gwahaniaethodd o/e/hi gwahaniaethon ni gwahaniaethoch chi gwahaniaethon nhw
imperative gwahaniaetha gwahaniaethwch

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

Derived terms

Mutation

Mutated forms of gwahaniaethu
radical soft nasal aspirate
gwahaniaethu wahaniaethu ngwahaniaethu unchanged

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

Further reading

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