gwasgu

Welsh

Etymology

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
  • (North Wales) IPA(key): /ˈɡwasɡɨ̞/, [ˈɡwaskɨ̞]
  • (South Wales) IPA(key): /ˈɡwasɡi/, [ˈɡwaski]
  • Rhymes: -asɡɨ̞

Verb

gwasgu (first-person singular present gwasgaf)

  1. to press, to squeeze
  2. to compress
  3. to bind, to tie

Conjugation
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
  • cywasgu (“to compress, to squeeze together”)

Mutation
Welsh mutation
radical soft nasal aspirate
gwasgu wasgu ngwasgu unchanged
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References
  1. 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
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