er mwyn

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Welsh

Pronunciation

Preposition

er mwyn

  1. for the sake of (when followed by a noun, pronoun or numeral)
    Rwy'n gwneud hyn er dy fwyn di, cariad.
    I'm doing this for you(r sake), my love.
  2. in order to (when followed by a verbnoun)
    Synonym: i
    Mae angen gweithredu er mwyn atal y broblem rhag gwaethygu.
    We need to act in order to prevent the problem from getting any worse.

Inflection

Personal forms (literary)
Singular Plural
First person er fy mwyn er ein mwyn
Second person er dy fwyn er eich mwyn
Third person er ei fwyn m
er ei mwyn f 		er eu mwyn
Personal forms (colloquial)
Singular Plural
First person er fy mwyn i er ein mwyn ni
Second person er dy fwyn di er eich mwyn chi
Third person er ei fwyn e/o m
er ei mwyn hi f 		er eu mwyn nhw

References

  • R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke et al., editors (1950–present), “er mwyn”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies
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