Welsh edit

Etymology edit

From gwar- (super-) +‎ andaw (listen),[1] either from (or equivalent to) an- (intensive prefix) +‎ taw (silence)[2] or by metathesis from Middle Welsh *adnaw (attend to)[3] cognate with Latin navus (active, busy).

Pronunciation edit

Verb edit

gwrando (first-person singular present gwrandawaf)

  1. to listen
    Dw i’n gwrando ar y radio.
    I’m listening to the radio.

Conjugation edit

Mutation edit

Welsh mutation
radical soft nasal aspirate
gwrando wrando ngwrando unchanged
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References edit

  1. ^ R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke et al., editors (1950–present), “gwrando”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies
  2. ^ R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke et al., editors (1950–present), “andaw”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies
  3. ^ Morris Jones, John (1913) A Welsh Grammar, Historical and Comparative, Oxford: Clarendon Press, § 76 iii 1