gwasgaru

Welsh

Etymology

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

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
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

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