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/

Preposition

wrth

1. by (near, beside, with)
2. by (used with a verbal noun to indicate causation)
   • 1993, Gareth King, Modern Welsh: A Comprehensive Grammar, London: Routledge, →ISBN, p. 131:

     Dorres i 'nghoes wrth chwarae pêl-droed wythnos diwethaf.

     I broke my leg (by) playing football last week.

Synonyms

• (used to indicate causation): drwy

Conjunction

wrth

1. as, while

   Wrth i fi gysgu, naeth rhywun dorri i mewn i'n 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.