ehangu

Welsh

Etymology

From eang (“broad, wide”) +‎ -u.

Pronunciation

• (North Wales) IPA^(key): /ɛˈhaŋɨ̞/
• (South Wales) IPA^(key): /ɛˈhaŋi/

Verb

ehangu (first-person singular present ehangaf)

1. (transitive or intransitive) to expand, to extend, to broaden, to enlarge

Conjugation

Conjugation (literary)

	singular			plural			impersonal
	first	second	third	first	second	third
present indicative/future	ehangaf	ehengi	ehanga	ehangwn	ehengwch, ehangwch	ehangant	ehengir
imperfect (indicative/subjunctive)/ conditional	ehangwn	ehangit	ehangai	ehangem	ehangech	ehangent	ehengid
preterite	ehengais	ehengaist	ehangodd	eangasom	eangasoch	eangasant	ehangwyd
pluperfect	eangaswn	eangasit	eangasai	eangasem	eangasech	eangasent	eangasid, eangesid
present subjunctive	ehangwyf	ehengych	ehango	ehangom	ehangoch	ehangont	ehanger
imperative	—	ehanga	ehanged	ehangwn	ehengwch, ehangwch	ehangent	ehanger
verbal noun	ehangu
verbal adjectives	eangedig eangadwy

Conjugation (colloquial)

Inflected colloquial forms	singular			plural
	first	second	third	first	second	third
future	ehanga i, ehangaf i	ehangi di	ehangith o/e/hi, ehangiff e/hi	ehangwn ni	ehangwch chi	ehangan nhw
conditional	ehangwn i, ehangswn i	ehanget ti, ehangset ti	ehangai fo/fe/hi, ehangsai fo/fe/hi	ehangen ni, ehangsen ni	ehangech chi, ehangsech chi	ehangen nhw, ehangsen nhw
preterite	ehangais i, ehanges i	ehangaist ti, ehangest ti	ehangodd o/e/hi	ehangon ni	ehangoch chi	ehangon nhw
imperative	—	ehanga	—	—	ehangwch	—
Note: All other forms are periphrastic, as usual in colloquial Welsh.

Synonyms

• lledu, helaethu

Derived terms

• ehangiad (“expansion, extension, enlargement”)
• ymehangu (“to expand, to grow larger”)

Mutation

Welsh mutation
radical	soft	nasal	h-prothesis
ehangu	unchanged	unchanged	hehangu
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–present), “ehangu”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies