gwasgu
Welsh
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Proto-Celtic *wedsk-, from Proto-Indo-European *wedʰ- (“to lead, thrust, urge, press”). Cognate with Irish fáisc.
Synchronically derivable as gwasg (“pressure”) + -u.
Pronunciation
[edit]- (North Wales) IPA(key): /ˈɡwasɡɨ̞/, [ˈɡwaskɨ̞]
- (South Wales) IPA(key): /ˈɡwasɡi/, [ˈɡwaski]
- Rhymes: -asɡɨ̞
Verb
[edit]gwasgu (first-person singular present gwasgaf)
Conjugation
[edit]Conjugation (literary)
| singular | plural | impersonal | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| first | second | third | first | second | third | |||
| present indicative/future | gwasgaf | gwesgi | gwasg, gwasga | gwasgwn | gwesgwch, gwasgwch | gwasgant | gwesgir | |
| imperfect (indicative/subjunctive)/ conditional |
gwasgwn | gwasgit | gwasgai | gwasgem | gwasgech | gwasgent | gwesgid | |
| preterite | gwesgais | gwesgaist | gwasgodd | gwasgasom | gwasgasoch | gwasgasant | gwasgwyd | |
| pluperfect | gwasgaswn | gwasgasit | gwasgasai | gwasgasem | gwasgasech | gwasgasent | gwasgasid, gwasgesid | |
| present subjunctive | gwasgwyf | gwesgych | gwasgo | gwasgom | gwasgoch | gwasgont | gwasger | |
| imperative | — | gwasg, gwasga | gwasged | gwasgwn | gwesgwch, gwasgwch | gwasgent | gwasger | |
| verbal noun | gwasgu | |||||||
| verbal adjectives | gwasgedig gwasgadwy | |||||||
Conjugation (colloquial)
| Inflected colloquial forms | singular | plural | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| first | second | third | first | second | third | |
| future | gwasga i, gwasgaf i | gwasgi di | gwasgith o/e/hi, gwasgiff e/hi | gwasgwn ni | gwasgwch chi | gwasgan nhw |
| conditional | gwasgwn i, gwasgswn i | gwasget ti, gwasgset ti | gwasgai fo/fe/hi, gwasgsai fo/fe/hi | gwasgen ni, gwasgsen ni | gwasgech chi, gwasgsech chi | gwasgen nhw, gwasgsen nhw |
| preterite | gwasgais i, gwasges i | gwasgaist ti, gwasgest ti | gwasgodd o/e/hi | gwasgon ni | gwasgoch chi | gwasgon nhw |
| imperative | — | gwasga | — | — | gwasgwch | — |
| Note: All other forms are periphrastic, as usual in colloquial Welsh. | ||||||
Derived terms
[edit]- cywasgu (“to compress, to squeeze together”)
Mutation
[edit]| radical | soft | nasal | aspirate |
|---|---|---|---|
| gwasgu | wasgu | ngwasgu | unchanged |
Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Welsh.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.
References
[edit]- R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke et al., editors (1950–present), “gwasgu”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies