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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
Preposition
wrth (triggers soft mutation)
- by (near, beside, with, at)
- 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)
Personal forms (colloquial)
Synonyms
- (used to indicate causation): drwy
Derived terms
Conjunction
wrth
- 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.
References
- R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke et al., editors (1950–present), “wrth”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies