"wrth" meaning in Welsh

See wrth in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Conjunction

IPA: /ʊrθ/, /ʊθ/ [colloquial]
Rhymes: -ʊrθ Etymology: From Old Welsh gurt, from Proto-Celtic *writ- (compare Old Irish fri), from Proto-Indo-European *wert- (“turn”) (compare Latin versus (“against”)). Etymology templates: {{inh|cy|owl|gurt}} Old Welsh gurt, {{inh|cy|cel-pro|*writ-}} Proto-Celtic *writ-, {{cog|sga|fri}} Old Irish fri, {{inh|cy|ine-pro|*wert-||turn}} Proto-Indo-European *wert- (“turn”), {{cog|la|versus||against}} Latin versus (“against”) Head templates: {{head|cy|conjunction}} wrth
  1. as, while
    Sense id: en-wrth-cy-conj-MnQgUvPi Categories (other): Welsh prepositions Disambiguation of Welsh prepositions: 39 39 22

Preposition

IPA: /ʊrθ/, /ʊθ/ [colloquial]
Rhymes: -ʊrθ Etymology: From Old Welsh gurt, from Proto-Celtic *writ- (compare Old Irish fri), from Proto-Indo-European *wert- (“turn”) (compare Latin versus (“against”)). Etymology templates: {{inh|cy|owl|gurt}} Old Welsh gurt, {{inh|cy|cel-pro|*writ-}} Proto-Celtic *writ-, {{cog|sga|fri}} Old Irish fri, {{inh|cy|ine-pro|*wert-||turn}} Proto-Indo-European *wert- (“turn”), {{cog|la|versus||against}} Latin versus (“against”) Head templates: {{head|cy|preposition|triggers soft mutation}} wrth (triggers soft mutation) Forms: no-table-tags [table-tags], wrthyf [first-person, singular], wrthom [first-person, plural], wrthyt [second-person, singular], wrthoch [plural, second-person], wrtho m [singular, third-person], wrthi f [singular, third-person], wrthynt [plural, third-person], no-table-tags [table-tags], wrtho i [first-person, singular], fi [first-person, singular], wrtha i [first-person, singular], wrthon ni [first-person, plural], wrthot ti [second-person, singular], wrthat ti [second-person, singular], wrthoch chi [plural, second-person], wrtho fe [singular, third-person], fo m [singular, third-person], wrthi hi f [singular, third-person], wrthyn nhw [plural, third-person]
  1. by (near, beside, with, at)
    Sense id: en-wrth-cy-prep-izlx9sLK Categories (other): Welsh prepositions Disambiguation of Welsh prepositions: 39 39 22
  2. by (used with a verbal noun to indicate causation) Synonyms (used to indicate causation): drwy
    Sense id: en-wrth-cy-prep-cLENaUzH Categories (other): Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Welsh entries with incorrect language header, Welsh prepositions Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 0 0 100 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 0 0 100 Disambiguation of Welsh entries with incorrect language header: 0 0 100 Disambiguation of Welsh prepositions: 39 39 22 Disambiguation of 'used to indicate causation': 0 100
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: wrth fodd (english: delighted, in one's element), wrth gwrs (english: of course)

Inflected forms

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  "derived": [
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "english": "delighted, in one's element",
      "translation": "delighted, in one's element",
      "word": "wrth fodd"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "english": "of course",
      "translation": "of course",
      "word": "wrth gwrs"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "cy",
        "2": "owl",
        "3": "gurt"
      },
      "expansion": "Old Welsh gurt",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
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        "2": "cel-pro",
        "3": "*writ-"
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      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "sga",
        "2": "fri"
      },
      "expansion": "Old Irish fri",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "cy",
        "2": "ine-pro",
        "3": "*wert-",
        "4": "",
        "5": "turn"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Indo-European *wert- (“turn”)",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "la",
        "2": "versus",
        "3": "",
        "4": "against"
      },
      "expansion": "Latin versus (“against”)",
      "name": "cog"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Old Welsh gurt, from Proto-Celtic *writ- (compare Old Irish fri), from Proto-Indo-European *wert- (“turn”) (compare Latin versus (“against”)).",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "l-self",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "wrthyf",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "wrthom",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "wrthyt",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "wrthoch",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "second-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "wrtho m",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "wrthi f",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "wrthynt",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "l-self",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "wrtho i",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "fi",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "wrtha i",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "wrthon ni",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "wrthot ti",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "wrthat ti",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "wrthoch chi",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "second-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "wrtho fe",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "fo m",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "wrthi hi f",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "wrthyn nhw",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "third-person"
      ]
    }
  ],
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      },
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      "name": "head"
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  "lang_code": "cy",
  "pos": "prep",
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      "glosses": [
        "by (near, beside, with, at)"
      ],
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          "by",
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        {
          "english": "I broke my leg (by) playing football last week.",
          "roman": "Dorres i 'nghoes wrth chwarae pêl-droed wythnos diwethaf.",
          "text": "King, Gareth (1993), Modern Welsh: A Comprehensive Grammar (Routledge Grammars), London and New York: Routledge, page 131",
          "translation": "I broke my leg (by) playing football last week.",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
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        "by (used with a verbal noun to indicate causation)"
      ],
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          "by",
          "by"
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          "_dis1": "0 100",
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          "word": "drwy"
        }
      ]
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  ],
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      "ipa": "/ʊrθ/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ʊθ/",
      "tags": [
        "colloquial"
      ]
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-ʊrθ"
    }
  ],
  "word": "wrth"
}

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      "name": "inh"
    },
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      "name": "inh"
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        "3": "",
        "4": "against"
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  ],
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          "english": "While I was asleep, someone broke into my house!",
          "text": "Wrth i fi gysgu, naeth rhywun dorri i mewn i'n nhŷ!",
          "translation": "While I was asleep, someone broke into my house!",
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          "english": "He sang as he worked.",
          "text": "O'dd e'n canu wrth weithio.",
          "translation": "He sang as he worked.",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "as, while"
      ],
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        [
          "as",
          "as"
        ],
        [
          "while",
          "while"
        ]
      ]
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      "ipa": "/ʊrθ/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ʊθ/",
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        "colloquial"
      ]
    },
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      "english": "delighted, in one's element",
      "translation": "delighted, in one's element",
      "word": "wrth fodd"
    },
    {
      "english": "of course",
      "translation": "of course",
      "word": "wrth gwrs"
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      "form": "no-table-tags",
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        "table-tags"
      ]
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      "form": "l-self",
      "source": "inflection",
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      "form": "wrthyf",
      "source": "inflection",
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        "first-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "wrthom",
      "source": "inflection",
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        "first-person",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "wrthyt",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "wrthoch",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "second-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "wrtho m",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "wrthi f",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "wrthynt",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "l-self",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "wrtho i",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "fi",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "wrtha i",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "wrthon ni",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "wrthot ti",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "wrthat ti",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "wrthoch chi",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "second-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "wrtho fe",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "fo m",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "wrthi hi f",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "wrthyn nhw",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "third-person"
      ]
    }
  ],
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      "name": "head"
    }
  ],
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  "pos": "prep",
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    {
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        "by (near, beside, with, at)"
      ],
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          "by",
          "by"
        ]
      ]
    },
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      ],
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        {
          "english": "I broke my leg (by) playing football last week.",
          "roman": "Dorres i 'nghoes wrth chwarae pêl-droed wythnos diwethaf.",
          "text": "King, Gareth (1993), Modern Welsh: A Comprehensive Grammar (Routledge Grammars), London and New York: Routledge, page 131",
          "translation": "I broke my leg (by) playing football last week.",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
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        "by (used with a verbal noun to indicate causation)"
      ],
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          "by"
        ]
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    {
      "ipa": "/ʊrθ/"
    },
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      "word": "drwy"
    }
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}

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          "bold_translation_offsets": [
            [
              0,
              5
            ]
          ],
          "english": "While I was asleep, someone broke into my house!",
          "text": "Wrth i fi gysgu, naeth rhywun dorri i mewn i'n nhŷ!",
          "translation": "While I was asleep, someone broke into my house!",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "bold_text_offsets": [
            [
              14,
              18
            ]
          ],
          "bold_translation_offsets": [
            [
              8,
              10
            ]
          ],
          "english": "He sang as he worked.",
          "text": "O'dd e'n canu wrth weithio.",
          "translation": "He sang as he worked.",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "as, while"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "as",
          "as"
        ],
        [
          "while",
          "while"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ʊrθ/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ʊθ/",
      "tags": [
        "colloquial"
      ]
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-ʊrθ"
    }
  ],
  "word": "wrth"
}

Download raw JSONL data for wrth meaning in Welsh (6.2kB)

{
  "called_from": "form_descriptions/1698",
  "msg": "unrecognized head form: triggers soft mutation",
  "path": [
    "wrth"
  ],
  "section": "Welsh",
  "subsection": "preposition",
  "title": "wrth",
  "trace": ""
}

{
  "called_from": "parser/304",
  "msg": "HTML tag <div> not properly closed",
  "path": [
    "wrth"
  ],
  "section": "Welsh",
  "subsection": "preposition",
  "title": "wrth",
  "trace": "started on line 57, detected on line 57"
}

{
  "called_from": "parser/1336",
  "msg": "no corresponding start tag found for </div>",
  "path": [
    "wrth"
  ],
  "section": "Welsh",
  "subsection": "preposition",
  "title": "wrth",
  "trace": ""
}

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