gwahaniaethu

Welsh

Etymology

From gwahaniaeth +‎ -u.

Pronunciation

• (North Wales, standard) IPA^(key): /ˌɡwahanˈjeɨ̯θɨ/
  • (North Wales, colloquial) IPA^(key): /ɡwanˈjeɨ̯θɨ/
• (South Wales, standard) IPA^(key): /ˌɡwahanˈjei̯θi/
  • (South Wales, colloquial) IPA^(key): /ɡwanˈjei̯θi/

Verb

gwahaniaethu (first-person singular present gwahaniaethaf)

1. (intransitive) to differ, to diverge
2. (transitive) to distinguish, to differentiate
3. (intransitive) to discriminate (make decisions based on prejudice)

Conjugation

Conjugation (literary)

	singular			plural			impersonal
	first	second	third	first	second	third
present indicative/future	gwahaniaethaf	gwahaniaethi	gwahaniaetha	gwahaniaethwn	gwahaniaethwch	gwahaniaethant	gwahaniaethir
imperfect (indicative/subjunctive)/ conditional	gwahaniaethwn	gwahaniaethit	gwahaniaethai	gwahaniaethem	gwahaniaethech	gwahaniaethent	gwahaniaethid
preterite	gwahaniaethais	gwahaniaethaist	gwahaniaethodd	gwahaniaethasom	gwahaniaethasoch	gwahaniaethasant	gwahaniaethwyd
pluperfect	gwahaniaethaswn	gwahaniaethasit	gwahaniaethasai	gwahaniaethasem	gwahaniaethasech	gwahaniaethasent	gwahaniaethasid, gwahaniaethesid
present subjunctive	gwahaniaethwyf	gwahaniaethych	gwahaniaetho	gwahaniaethom	gwahaniaethoch	gwahaniaethont	gwahaniaether
imperative	—	gwahaniaetha	gwahaniaethed	gwahaniaethwn	gwahaniaethwch	gwahaniaethent	gwahaniaether
verbal noun	gwahaniaethu
verbal adjectives	gwahaniaethedig gwahaniaethadwy

Conjugation (colloquial)

Inflected colloquial forms	singular			plural
	first	second	third	first	second	third
future	gwahaniaetha i, gwahaniaethaf i	gwahaniaethi di	gwahaniaethith o/e/hi, gwahaniaethiff e/hi	gwahaniaethwn ni	gwahaniaethwch chi	gwahaniaethan nhw
conditional	gwahaniaethwn i, gwahaniaethswn i	gwahaniaethet ti, gwahaniaethset ti	gwahaniaethai fo/fe/hi, gwahaniaethsai fo/fe/hi	gwahaniaethen ni, gwahaniaethsen ni	gwahaniaethech chi, gwahaniaethsech chi	gwahaniaethen nhw, gwahaniaethsen nhw
preterite	gwahaniaethais i, gwahaniaethes i	gwahaniaethaist ti, gwahaniaethest ti	gwahaniaethodd o/e/hi	gwahaniaethon ni	gwahaniaethoch chi	gwahaniaethon nhw
imperative	—	gwahaniaetha	—	—	gwahaniaethwch	—
Note: All other forms are periphrastic, as usual in colloquial Welsh.

Derived terms

• gwahaniaethiad (“differentiation”)

Mutation

Welsh mutation
radical	soft	nasal	aspirate
gwahaniaethu	wahaniaethu	ngwahaniaethu	unchanged
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), “gwahaniaethu”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies