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/
  • IPA^(key): /ʊθ/
• Rhymes: -ʊrθ

Preposition

wrth (triggers soft mutation)

1. by (near, beside, with, at)
2. 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 (literary & colloquial)

	Singular	Plural
First person	wrthaf	wrthon
Second person	wrthat	wrthoch
Third person	wrtho m wrthi f	wrthyn

Synonyms

• (used to indicate causation): drwy

Conjunction

wrth

1. 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.