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Geirfa Ddefnyddiol Feunyddiol / Daily Useful Vocabulary

amlwg - obvious, evident, apparent, prominent

arhosfa[n] fysiau (b) ll. arosfannau bysiau - bus stop

egwyl (b) ll. egwylion - break, respite, interval

sefydlu (sefydl-) - to make stable, to found, to establish

arweinlyfr (g) ll. arweinlyfrau - guidebook, guide

newynog - starving, famished, hungry

bws gwennol (g) ll. bysiau gwennol - shuttle bus

rheithgor (g) ll. rheithgorau - jury

cyffroi (cyffro-) - to stir, to agitate, to excite

dyddodi (dyddod-) - to deposit (layer of sediment, fat), to precipitate

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u/HyderNidPryder — 9 hours ago

Clipiau o'r Sioe Fawr yn Llanelwedd - Clips from the Welsh agricultural show

As well as all manner of livestock there are also other things here. These clips are often a few minutes. The speaker may have a new accent, perhaps an esoteric interest and there are new words to learn.

Clipiau o'r Sioe Fawr

I was listening to this and I learned today that diwyg can mean aspect, appearance!

Nia talks to Esyllt about novelty cakes and confectionary

Nia says diwyg y neuadd - appearance, aspect, form - gwedd of the hall. I think she also means amended, improved appearance, because the hall has been renovated.

I knew that diwygio often means to reform and diwygiad, reformation but this was in the sense of institutions, religion or ideas.

Thus diwygio can also mean to adorn, to arrange

Nia talks to Moira about homemade wine

Meinir talks to John about wool

John shows off his sweetpeas - pys pêr

Nia talks to cook, Elwen, promoting meat

Kevin talks about beekeeping

u/HyderNidPryder — 24 hours ago

Geirfa Ddefnyddiol Feunyddiol / Daily Useful Vocabulary

neges destun (b) ll. negeseuon testun - text message

cerdded (cerdd-) - to walk

cwd (g) ll. cydau - bag, pouch, purse

powlen (b) ll. powlenni - bowl

llwyfan (b, g) ll. llwyfannau - stage (for performance)

anghysondeb (g) ll. anghysondebau - inconsistency

strelio (streli-) - to rinse

segur - idle

lleoli (lleol-) - to locate

orgraff (b) ll. orgraffau - orthography

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u/HyderNidPryder — 1 day ago

Geirfa Ddefnyddiol Feunyddiol / Daily Useful Vocabulary

o'r crud i'r bedd - from the cradle to the grave

rhywun (g) - someone

alaw (b) ll. alawon - melody, tune; lily

modd (g) ll. moddion - means, way, manner, method; moddion - medicine

golau (ans.) - light (in colour)

deintyddol - dental (relating to dentistry)

iaith arwyddion America (b) - American sign language

gwanc (g, b) - greed, craving

gyr (g) ll. gyrroedd - herd, drove, flock

deddfwrfa (b) ll. deddfwrfaoedd, deddfwrfeydd - legislature, legislative body

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u/HyderNidPryder — 2 days ago

Geirfa Ddefnyddiol Feunyddiol / Daily Useful Vocabulary

suddo (sudd-) - to sink

cydymdeimlad (g) ll. cydymdeimladau - sympathy, condolence, commiseration

aros yn stond - to stand still, to remain stationary

perigl (g) ll. peryglon - danger, risk

pensiynwr (g) ll. pensiynwyr - pensioner

cynghrair (g) ll. cynghreiriau - league, alliance

cyfansawdd (ans.) - composite, compound

talar (b) ll. talarau - headland, unploughed field margin

Crynwr (g) ll. Crynwyr - Quaker

cysefin - first, primary, original, primitive

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u/HyderNidPryder — 3 days ago

Geirfa Ddefnyddiol Feunyddiol / Daily Useful Vocabulary

oren - orange (orange-coloured)

dwgyd - (=dwyn) to steal (colloquial De Cymru)

llafn (g) ll. llafnau - blade (of knife etc.); young man, stripling

ar eich liwt eich hun[ain] - on your own (independently)

pob lwc! - good luck!

deuparth (g) - two portions (of three), two thirds; double portion

beirniadol - critical, criticising

canolog - central

cwest (g) ll. cwestau - inquest

lled-ddargludol (ans.) - semiconductor, semiconducting

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u/HyderNidPryder — 4 days ago

Geirfa Ddefnyddiol Feunyddiol / Daily Useful Vocabulary

cysgod (g) ll. cysgodion - shadow, shade; shelter

go brin - hardly, scarcely

hoe (b) ll. hoeau - pause, break

ynteu - or; then; in that case

ymennydd (g) ll. ymenyddiau - brain

tarian (b) ll. tarianau - shield

ysglyfaethus - predatory

hwylustod (g) - ease, facility

cyfoed (g) ll. cyfoedion - one of the same age, peer

bryngaer (b) ll. bryngaerau, bryngaerydd - hill fort

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u/HyderNidPryder — 5 days ago

Geirfa Ddefnyddiol Feunyddiol / Daily Useful Vocabulary

gwadd (b) ll. gwaddod - mole (animal) (De Cymru)

twrch daear (g) ll. tyrchod daear - mole (animal) (Gogledd Cymru)

unffordd - one-way

eto - again, yet, still

syth - straight, direct

pall (g) - failure, defect, lapse, cessation, end, limit

cymeradwyo (cymeradwy-) - to approve, to accept, to applaud

cydsyniad (g) - consent, agreement

pwmp gwres (g) ll. pympiau gwres - heat pump

dynladdiad (g) ll. dynladdiadau - manslaughter, homicide

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u/HyderNidPryder — 6 days ago

Mewn or yn - after verbnouns?

Edit: I meant before verbnouns!

As well as being used for "in a place" mewn / yn are also used with verbs / verbnouns.

ymddiried mewn / yn - to trust in

ymddiddori yn / mewn - to take an interest in

ennyn diddordeb mewn / yn - to kindle interest in

cydio / gafael mewn / yn - to grasp something

Mewn is used before indefinite things and yn is used before definite things.

See here for examples.

ymddiried ynddi hi - to trust her

gafael yn dy law - take your hand

ymddiddori mewn llyfrau - to be interested in books

ymddiddori mewn llên gwerin - to be interested in folk literature

ymddiddori yn hanes Cymru - to be interested in the history of Wales

A verbnoun can also be used. Usually this is preceded by mewn.

ymddiddori mewn darllen - to be interested in reading

ymddiddori mewn canu - to be interested in singing

Now to my area of uncertainty:

Is a noun phrase starting with a verbnoun always indefinite? Does it always use mewn regardless?

ymddiddori mewn ymweld â cestyll - to take an interest in visiting castles [this is fine]

But is it

ymddiddori yn ywmeld â'r castell ? [yn rather than mewn?]

Is it a visit? or visiting a specific castle? Is this definite?

What about dw i'n ymddiddori yn prynu ei gar? - I'm interested in buying his car. [Is it yn or mewn?]

This case seems very specific - more the buying of his car than a buying of some unspecific car. Does it use use yn?

ymddiddori mewn darllen llyfrau - to be interested in reading books [yn or mewn? In English you could say "the reading of books"]

ymddiddori mewn darllen llyfr - to be interested in reading a book

ymddiddori yn darllen y llyfr - to be interested in reading the book [yn or mewn?]

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u/HyderNidPryder — 7 days ago

Geirfa Ddefnyddiol Feunyddiol / Daily Useful Vocabulary

ymddiddori (ymddiddor-) (mewn / yn) - to be interested (in), to take an interest (in)

clun (b) ll. cluniau - hip, thigh

mislif (g) - (menstrual) period, menstruation

gofid (g) ll. gofidiau - trouble, sorrow, hardship

rhestr (b) ll. rhestrau - list, row

dylunio (dyluni-) - to design

canolfan gwaith (b) ll. canolfannau gwaith - job centre

aeron - berries; u. aeronen (b) - berry

twymdra (g) - warmth, hotness, heat

Treth ar Werth (b) (TAW) - VAT (Value Added Tax)

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u/HyderNidPryder — 7 days ago

Geirfa Ddefnyddiol Feunyddiol / Daily Useful Vocabulary

breuddwyd (b, g) ll. breuddwydion - dream

tun (g) ll. tuniau - tin, can

treiffl (g) ll. treifflau - trifle (pudding)

diffoddwr tân (g) ll. diffoddwyr tân - firefighter, fireman; fire extinguisher

ei gilydd / ein gilydd / eich gilydd [never *eu gilydd*] - together, each other

cawg (g) ll. cawgau - bowl, cup, basin, crucible

caledi (g) - hardship, adversity

melysydd (g) ll. melysyddion - sweetener

crachach - snobs, conceited upstarts

uwchraddiad (g) ll. uwchraddiadau - upgrade

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u/HyderNidPryder — 8 days ago

Geirfa Ddefnyddiol Feunyddiol / Daily Useful Vocabulary

beth? - what?

noswaith (b) ll. nosweithiau - evening

Tyrd / Ty'd (ll. dewch / dowch) 'ma! - Come here! (Gogledd Cymru)

atgoffa (atgoff-) - to remind, to recollect

ymddangos (ymddangos-) - to appear

nwydd (g) ll. nwyddau - article of commerce; nwyddau - goods, merchandise

dirdynnol - excruciating, tormenting, harrowing

mewnforion - imports

amherffeithrwydd (g) - imperfection

cyfryngiad (g) ll. cyfryngiadau - interjection, interposition; intercession, mediation; arbitrage

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u/HyderNidPryder — 9 days ago

Geirfa Ddefnyddiol Feunyddiol / Daily Useful Vocabulary

nofio (nofi-) - to swim

rhosyn (g) ll. rhosynnau, rhosod - rose

rasio (rasi-) - to race

yn wreiddiol - originally

ochr (b) ll. ochrau - side

gwynegu (gwyneg-) - to ache

pererindod (b, g) ll. pererindodau - pilgrimage

fferyllydd (g) ll. fferyllyddion - pharmacist

ysgythru (ysgythr-) - to engrave, to etch

cymhellol - urging, stimulating, driving. persuasive, compelling

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u/HyderNidPryder — 10 days ago

Geirfa Ddefnyddiol Feunyddiol / Daily Useful Vocabulary

hen daid (g) ll. hen deidiau - great-grandfather (Gogledd Cymru)

y rhai melyn - the yellow ones

medd - he/she/it says

safn (b) ll. safnau - jaw

dim ond hyn a hyn - only so smuch

trugaredd (g) - mercy, compassion

gloddesta - to revel, to carouse, to feast; (g) revelry, carousal, feasting

rhyddid (g) - freedom, liberty

fforddiadwy - affordable

cyfrodeddu (cyfrodedd-) - to intertwine, to twist together

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u/HyderNidPryder — 11 days ago

Geirfa Ddefnyddiol Feunyddiol / Daily Useful Vocabulary

cyffwrdd (cyffyrdd-) â - to touch

yn y bôn - basically, essentialy

chwiban (g, b) ll. chwibanau - whistle (sound)

llongyfarch (llongyfarch-) - to congratulate; to greet joyfully

Dere i mewn! - Come in! (De Cymru)

gweithdy (g) ll. gweithdai - workshop

trallodi (trallod-) - to afflict, to trouble

treuliau - expenses

seneddol - parliamentary

ysgythriad (g) ll. ysgythriadau - engraving, etching

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u/HyderNidPryder — 12 days ago

Geirfa Ddefnyddiol Feunyddiol / Daily Useful Vocabulary

sgrechlyd - screeching, shrieking

neuadd (b) ll. neuaddau - hall

llawes (b) ll. llewys - sleeve

tasgu (tasg-) - to burst out, to splash, to spurt

gwres (g) - temperature, heat, heating, warmth

sicrwydd (g) - certainty

llesg - weak, frail, faint, dispirited, faint-hearted

etifedd (g) ll. etifeddion - heir

llaeth enwyn (g) - buttermilk

lloffa (lloffa-) - to glean

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u/HyderNidPryder — 13 days ago

Geirfa Ddefnyddiol Feunyddiol / Daily Useful Vocabulary

eitha[f] (fel adferf o flaen ansoddair) - fairly, quite, rather

dylanwad (g) ll. dylanwadau - influence

mefus - strawberries

cadw at addewid - to keep a promise

Does dim dwywaith amdani! / Does na'm dwywaith amdani! - There are no two ways about it! / There's no doubt about it!

cromen (b) ll. cromenni - dome

ceulo (ceul-) - to clot, to coagulate, to congeal

cydlynol - coherent, cohesive

cymwys - suitable, appropriate, qualified, eligible

anaeddfedrwydd (g) - immaturity, unripeness

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u/HyderNidPryder — 14 days ago

Geirfa Ddefnyddiol Feunyddiol / Daily Useful Vocabulary

dychwelyd (dychwel-) - to return, to turn back

rheswm (g) ll. rhesymau - reason, motive, grounds

dod i law - to come to hand, to come into one's possession

ysbïwr (g) ll. ysbiwyr - spy

pistyll (g) ll. pistylloedd - waterfall, stream of falling water, water jet, water column

mynachlog (b) ll. mynachlogydd - monastery

hydawdd - soluble (of substance in solvent)

swyddogaeth (b) ll. swyddogaethau - function, role, office

hapchwarae (hapchwarae-) - to gamble

amgryptio (amgrypti-) - to encrypt

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u/HyderNidPryder — 16 days ago

Geirfa Ddefnyddiol Feunyddiol / Daily Useful Vocabulary

tagfeydd u. tagfa (b) - bottlenecks, (traffic) jams

marblen (b) ll. marblis - marble (spherical toy)

'Sdim dal / Does dim dal - There's no telling / knowing

cas - nasty, disliked, hated

praidd (g) ll. preiddiau - flock

maen (g) ll. meini - stone, rock

symbylu (symbyl-) - to goad, to spur, to motivate, to urge

cynhyrfu (cynhyrf-) - to become excited, stirred, agitated, uneasy

dirnad (g) - understanding, comprehension

us (g) - chaff, husks

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u/HyderNidPryder — 17 days ago