arwerthu

Welsh

Etymology

From ar- +‎ gwerthu (“to sell”).

Pronunciation

• (North Wales) IPA^(key): /arˈwɛrθɨ̞/
• (South Wales) IPA^(key): /arˈwɛrθi/

Verb

arwerthu (first-person singular present arwerthaf)

1. (transitive) to auction, to sell at auction

Conjugation

Conjugation (literary)

	singular			plural			impersonal
	first	second	third	first	second	third
present indicative/future	arwerthaf	arwerthi	arwertha	arwerthwn	arwerthwch	arwerthant	arwerthir
imperfect (indicative/subjunctive)/ conditional	arwerthwn	arwerthit	arwerthai	arwerthem	arwerthech	arwerthent	arwerthid
preterite	arwerthais	arwerthaist	arwerthodd	arwerthasom	arwerthasoch	arwerthasant	arwerthwyd
pluperfect	arwerthaswn	arwerthasit	arwerthasai	arwerthasem	arwerthasech	arwerthasent	arwerthasid, arwerthesid
present subjunctive	arwerthwyf	arwerthych	arwertho	arwerthom	arwerthoch	arwerthont	arwerther
imperative	—	arwertha	arwerthed	arwerthwn	arwerthwch	arwerthent	arwerther
verbal noun	arwerthu
verbal adjectives	arwerthedig arwerthadwy

Conjugation (colloquial)

inflected colloquial forms	singular			plural
	first	second	third	first	second	third
future	arwertha i, arwerthaf i	arwerthi di	arwerthith o/e/hi, arwerthiff e/hi	arwerthwn ni	arwerthwch chi	arwerthan nhw
conditional	arwerthwn i, arwerthswn i	arwerthet ti, arwerthset ti	arwerthai fo/fe/hi, arwerthsai fo/fe/hi	arwerthen ni, arwerthsen ni	arwerthech chi, arwerthsech chi	arwerthen nhw, arwerthsen nhw
preterite	arwerthais i, arwerthes i	arwerthaist ti, arwerthest ti	arwerthodd o/e/hi	arwerthon ni	arwerthoch chi	arwerthon nhw
imperative	—	arwertha	—	—	arwerthwch	—

Note: All other forms are periphrastic, as usual in colloquial Welsh.

Derived terms

• arwerthiant (“auction”)
• arwerthwr (“auctioneer”)

Mutation

Mutated forms of arwerthu

radical	soft	nasal	h-prothesis
arwerthu	unchanged	unchanged	harwerthu

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Welsh.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

Further reading

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