gwahanu

Welsh

Etymology

From gwahân +‎ -u.

Pronunciation

• (North Wales) IPA^(key): /ɡwaˈhanɨ/
• (South Wales) IPA^(key): /ɡwaˈhaːni/, /ɡwaˈhani/

Verb

gwahanu (first-person singular present gwahanaf)

1. (transitive or intransitive) to separate

Conjugation

Conjugation (literary)

	singular			plural			impersonal
	first	second	third	first	second	third
present indicative/future	gwahanaf	gwaheni	gwahana	gwahanwn	gwahenwch, gwahanwch	gwahanant	gwahenir
imperfect (indicative/subjunctive)/ conditional	gwahanwn	gwahanit	gwahanai	gwahanem	gwahanech	gwahanent	gwahenid
preterite	gwahenais	gwahenaist	gwahanodd	gwahanasom	gwahanasoch	gwahanasant	gwahanwyd
pluperfect	gwahanaswn	gwahanasit	gwahanasai	gwahanasem	gwahanasech	gwahanasent	gwahanasid, gwahanesid
present subjunctive	gwahanwyf	gwahenych	gwahano	gwahanom	gwahanoch	gwahanont	gwahaner
imperative	—	gwahana	gwahaned	gwahanwn	gwahenwch, gwahanwch	gwahanent	gwahaner
verbal noun	gwahanu
verbal adjectives	gwahanedig gwahanadwy

Conjugation (colloquial)

Inflected colloquial forms	singular			plural
	first	second	third	first	second	third
future	gwahana i, gwahanaf i	gwahani di	gwahanith o/e/hi, gwahaniff e/hi	gwahanwn ni	gwahanwch chi	gwahanan nhw
conditional	gwahanwn i, gwahanswn i	gwahanet ti, gwahanset ti	gwahanai fo/fe/hi, gwahansai fo/fe/hi	gwahanen ni, gwahansen ni	gwahanech chi, gwahansech chi	gwahanen nhw, gwahansen nhw
preterite	gwahanais i, gwahanes i	gwahanaist ti, gwahanest ti	gwahanodd o/e/hi	gwahanon ni	gwahanoch chi	gwahanon nhw
imperative	—	gwahana	—	—	gwahanwch	—
Note: All other forms are periphrastic, as usual in colloquial Welsh.

Derived terms

• gwahanadwy (“separable, distinguishable”)
• gwahanedig (“separate”)
• gwahaniad (“separation, splitting”)
• gwahaniaeth (“difference, distinction; disagreement”)
• gwahanwr (“separator, divider”)

Mutation

Welsh mutation
radical	soft	nasal	aspirate
gwahanu	wahanu	ngwahanu	unchanged
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.