wrth

Welsh

Etymology

From Old Welsh gurt, from Proto-Celtic *writ- (compare Old Irish fri), from Proto-Indo-European *wert- (“turn”) (compare Latin versus (“against”)).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ʊrθ/

Preposition

wrth

  1. by (near, beside, with)
  2. by (used with a verbal noun to indicate causation)
    • 1993, Gareth King, Modern Welsh: A Comprehensive Grammar, London: Routledge, →ISBN, p. 131:
      Dorres i 'nghoes wrth chwarae pêl-droed wythnos diwethaf.
      I broke my leg (by) playing football last week.

Inflection

Synonyms

  • (used to indicate causation): drwy

Conjunction

wrth

  1. as, while
    Wrth i fi gysgu, naeth rhywun dorri i mewn i'n nhŷ!
    While I was asleep, someone broke into my house!
    O'dd e'n canu wrth weithio.
    He sang as he worked.

Mutation

Welsh mutation
radicalsoftnasalh-prothesis
wrth unchanged unchanged hwrth
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every
possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.
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