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