gwerthu

Welsh

Etymology

From gwerth (“value, worth”) +‎ -u. Cognate with Cornish gwertha, Breton gwerzhañ.

Pronunciation

• (North Wales) IPA^(key): /ˈɡwɛrθɨ̞/
• (South Wales) IPA^(key): /ˈɡwɛrθi/
• Rhymes: -ɛrθɨ̞

Verb

gwerthu (first-person singular present gwerthaf)

1. to sell

Conjugation

Conjugation (literary)

	singular			plural			impersonal
	first	second	third	first	second	third
present indicative/future	gwerthaf	gwerthi	gwerth, gwertha	gwerthwn	gwerthwch	gwerthant	gwerthir
imperfect (indicative/subjunctive)/ conditional	gwerthwn	gwerthit	gwerthai	gwerthem	gwerthech	gwerthent	gwerthid
preterite	gwerthais	gwerthaist	gwerthodd	gwerthasom	gwerthasoch	gwerthasant	gwerthwyd
pluperfect	gwerthaswn	gwerthasit	gwerthasai	gwerthasem	gwerthasech	gwerthasent	gwerthasid, gwerthesid
present subjunctive	gwerthwyf	gwerthych	gwertho	gwerthom	gwerthoch	gwerthont	gwerther
imperative	—	gwerth, gwertha	gwerthed	gwerthwn	gwerthwch	gwerthent	gwerther
verbal noun	gwerthu
verbal adjectives	gwerthedig gwerthadwy

Conjugation (colloquial)

inflected colloquial forms	singular			plural
	first	second	third	first	second	third
future	gwertha i, gwerthaf i	gwerthi di	gwerthith o/e/hi, gwerthiff e/hi	gwerthwn ni	gwerthwch chi	gwerthan nhw
conditional	gwerthwn i, gwerthswn i	gwerthet ti, gwerthset ti	gwerthai fo/fe/hi, gwerthsai fo/fe/hi	gwerthen ni, gwerthsen ni	gwerthech chi, gwerthsech chi	gwerthen nhw, gwerthsen nhw
preterite	gwerthais i, gwerthes i	gwerthaist ti, gwerthest ti	gwerthodd o/e/hi	gwerthon ni	gwerthoch chi	gwerthon nhw
imperative	—	gwertha	—	—	gwerthwch	—

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

Antonyms

• prynu

Derived terms

• gwerthiant (“sale”)
• gwerthwr (“salesman, seller”)

Mutation

Mutated forms of gwerthu

radical	soft	nasal	aspirate
gwerthu	werthu	ngwerthu	unchanged

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

References

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