gwastraffu

Welsh

Etymology

gwastraff (“waste”) +‎ -u

Pronunciation
  • (North Wales) IPA(key): /ɡwasdˈrafɨ̞/, [ɡwastˈrafɨ̞]
  • (South Wales) IPA(key): /ɡwasdˈrafi/, [ɡwastˈrafi]

Verb

gwastraffu (first-person singular present gwastraffaf)

  1. to waste
    Synonyms: afradloni, afradu, bradu

Conjugation
Conjugation (literary)
singular plural impersonal
first second third first second third
present indicative/future gwastraffaf gwastreffi gwastraffa gwastraffwn gwastreffwch, gwastraffwch gwastraffant gwastreffir
imperfect (indicative/subjunctive)/
conditional		 gwastraffwn gwastraffit gwastraffai gwastraffem gwastraffech gwastraffent gwastreffid
preterite gwastreffais gwastreffaist gwastraffodd gwastraffasom gwastraffasoch gwastraffasant gwastraffwyd
pluperfect gwastraffaswn gwastraffasit gwastraffasai gwastraffasem gwastraffasech gwastraffasent gwastraffasid, gwastraffesid
present subjunctive gwastraffwyf gwastreffych gwastraffo gwastraffom gwastraffoch gwastraffont gwastraffer
imperative — gwastraffa gwastraffed gwastraffwn gwastreffwch, gwastraffwch gwastraffent gwastraffer
verbal noun gwastraffu
verbal adjectives gwastraffedig
gwastraffadwy
Conjugation (colloquial)
Inflected colloquial forms singular plural
first second third first second third
future gwastraffa i, gwastraffaf i gwastraffi di gwastraffith o/e/hi, gwastraffiff e/hi gwastraffwn ni gwastraffwch chi gwastraffan nhw
conditional gwastraffwn i, gwastraffswn i gwastraffet ti, gwastraffset ti gwastraffai fo/fe/hi, gwastraffsai fo/fe/hi gwastraffen ni, gwastraffsen ni gwastraffech chi, gwastraffsech chi gwastraffen nhw, gwastraffsen nhw
preterite gwastraffais i, gwastraffes i gwastraffaist ti, gwastraffest ti gwastraffodd o/e/hi gwastraffon ni gwastraffoch chi gwastraffon nhw
imperative — gwastraffa — — gwastraffwch —
Note: All other forms are periphrastic, as usual in colloquial Welsh.

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

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