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/
- (colloquial) IPA^(key): /ʊθ/
Rhymes: -ʊrθ

Preposition

wrth (triggers soft mutation)

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

Inflection

Personal forms

	Singular	Plural
First person	wrthaf i	wrthon ni
Second person	wrthat ti	wrthoch chi
Third person	wrtho fe/fo m wrthi hi f	wrthyn nhw

Synonyms

(used to indicate causation): drwy

Conjunction

wrth

as, while
Wrth i fi gysgu, naeth rhywun dorri i mewn i 'y 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
radical	soft	nasal	h-prothesis
wrth	unchanged	unchanged	hwrth
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.