gwasgaru

Welsh

Etymology

From Proto-Brythonic *gwo-skar- (see ysgaru), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *upó + *(s)ker-.[1]

Pronunciation

  • (North Wales) IPA(key): /ɡwasˈɡarɨ/, [ɡwasˈkarɨ]
  • (South Wales) IPA(key): /ɡwasˈɡa(ː)ri/, [ɡwasˈka(ː)ri]
  • Rhymes: -arɨ

Verb

gwasgaru (first-person singular present gwasgaraf)

  1. (intransitive) to spread, to diffuse
    Synonyms: ymledu, tryledu
  2. (transitive) to scatter, to disperse

Conjugation

Conjugation (literary)
singular plural impersonal
first second third first second third
present indicative/future gwasgaraf gwasgeri gwesgyr, gwasgara gwasgarwn gwasgerwch, gwasgarwch gwasgarant gwasgerir
imperfect (indicative/subjunctive)/
conditional 		gwasgarwn gwasgarit gwasgarai gwasgarem gwasgarech gwasgarent gwasgerid
preterite gwasgerais gwasgeraist gwasgarodd gwasgarasom gwasgarasoch gwasgarasant gwasgarwyd
pluperfect gwasgaraswn gwasgarasit gwasgarasai gwasgarasem gwasgarasech gwasgarasent gwasgarasid, gwasgaresid
present subjunctive gwasgarwyf gwasgerych gwasgaro gwasgarom gwasgaroch gwasgaront gwasgarer
imperative — gwasgara gwasgared gwasgarwn gwasgerwch, gwasgarwch gwasgarent gwasgarer
verbal noun gwasgaru
verbal adjectives gwasgaredig
gwasgaradwy
Conjugation (colloquial)
inflected
colloquial forms 		singular plural
first second third first second third
future gwasgara i,
gwasgaraf i 		gwasgari di gwasgarith o/e/hi,
gwasgariff e/hi 		gwasgarwn ni gwasgarwch chi gwasgaran nhw
conditional gwasgarwn i,
gwasgarswn i 		gwasgaret ti,
gwasgarset ti 		gwasgarai fo/fe/hi,
gwasgarsai fo/fe/hi 		gwasgaren ni,
gwasgarsen ni 		gwasgarech chi,
gwasgarsech chi 		gwasgaren nhw,
gwasgarsen nhw
preterite gwasgarais i,
gwasgares i 		gwasgaraist ti,
gwasgarest ti 		gwasgarodd o/e/hi gwasgaron ni gwasgaroch chi gwasgaron nhw
imperative — gwasgara — — gwasgarwch —

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

Derived terms

  • gwasgaredig (“scattered”)
  • gwasgariad (“dispersal, scattering; dispersion”)

Mutation

Mutated forms of gwasgaru
radical soft nasal aspirate
gwasgaru wasgaru ngwasgaru unchanged

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

References

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