gwahanu
Welsh
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]- (North Wales) IPA(key): /ɡwaˈhanɨ/
- (South Wales) IPA(key): /ɡwaˈhaːni/, /ɡwaˈhani/
Verb
[edit]gwahanu (first-person singular present gwahanaf)
- (transitive or intransitive) to separate
Conjugation
[edit]Conjugation (literary)
| singular | plural | impersonal | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| first | second | third | first | second | third | |||
| present indicative/future | gwahanaf | gwaheni | gwahana | gwahanwn | gwahenwch, gwahanwch | gwahanant | gwahenir | |
| imperfect (indicative/subjunctive)/ conditional |
gwahanwn | gwahanit | gwahanai | gwahanem | gwahanech | gwahanent | gwahenid | |
| preterite | gwahenais | gwahenaist | gwahanodd | gwahanasom | gwahanasoch | gwahanasant | gwahanwyd | |
| pluperfect | gwahanaswn | gwahanasit | gwahanasai | gwahanasem | gwahanasech | gwahanasent | gwahanasid, gwahanesid | |
| present subjunctive | gwahanwyf | gwahenych | gwahano | gwahanom | gwahanoch | gwahanont | gwahaner | |
| imperative | — | gwahana | gwahaned | gwahanwn | gwahenwch, gwahanwch | gwahanent | gwahaner | |
| verbal noun | gwahanu | |||||||
| verbal adjectives | gwahanedig gwahanadwy | |||||||
Conjugation (colloquial)
| Inflected colloquial forms | singular | plural | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| first | second | third | first | second | third | |
| future | gwahana i, gwahanaf i | gwahani di | gwahanith o/e/hi, gwahaniff e/hi | gwahanwn ni | gwahanwch chi | gwahanan nhw |
| conditional | gwahanwn i, gwahanswn i | gwahanet ti, gwahanset ti | gwahanai fo/fe/hi, gwahansai fo/fe/hi | gwahanen ni, gwahansen ni | gwahanech chi, gwahansech chi | gwahanen nhw, gwahansen nhw |
| preterite | gwahanais i, gwahanes i | gwahanaist ti, gwahanest ti | gwahanodd o/e/hi | gwahanon ni | gwahanoch chi | gwahanon nhw |
| imperative | — | gwahana | — | — | gwahanwch | — |
| Note: All other forms are periphrastic, as usual in colloquial Welsh. | ||||||
Derived terms
[edit]- gwahanadwy (“separable, distinguishable”)
- gwahanedig (“separate”)
- gwahaniad (“separation, splitting”)
- gwahaniaeth (“difference, distinction; disagreement”)
- gwahanwr (“separator, divider”)