er gwaethaf

Welsh

Alternative forms

Pronunciation

  • (North Wales, standard) IPA(key): /ɛr ˈɡweɨ̯θav/
    • (North Wales, colloquial) IPA(key): /ɛr ˈɡweɨ̯θa/
  • (South Wales, standard) IPA(key): /ɛr ˈɡwei̯θav/
    • (South Wales, colloquial) IPA(key): /ɛr ˈɡwei̯θa/, /ɛr ˈɡwiːθa/

Preposition

er gwaethaf

  1. despite, in spite of

Inflection

Personal forms (literary)
singular plural
first person er fy ngwaethaf er ein gwaethaf
second person er dy waethaf er eich gwaethaf
third person er ei waethaf m
er ei gwaethaf f
er eu gwaethaf

References

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