gan.
used with bod to indicate possession
Meaning & usage
used with bod to indicate possession
Mae gen i wallt hir.
by (after a passive construction)
Cafodd y car ei ddwyn gan ddau llanc.
by, from (authorship)
Dw i wedi cael tecst gan dad yn dweud sori.
used with verbal noun to indicate an action simultaneous with that of the main verb, while, whilst
King, Gareth (1993), Modern Welsh: A Comprehensive Grammar (Routledge Grammars), London and New York: Routledge, →ISBN, page 131: Aeth o gwmpas y stafell gan ofyn yr un cwestiwn i bawb. He went around the room [while] asking everyone the same question.
Where this word comes from
From Middle Welsh gan, can, from Old Welsh cant, from Proto-Brythonic *gant, from Proto-Celtic *kanta. Cognate with Breton gant and Ancient Greek κατά (katá, “against; downwards”).
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