Geirfa (Vocabulary):
- a
- c. b. (+tll.) and;
a thrwy, and through
- ac
- c. and (before vowels)
- af-on
- b. river
- am-dan-o (fe)
- ardd. + rh. about, around him (it)
oddi amdano, from around it
- bod-i-au
- ll. thumbs (g. bawd)
- breich-i-au
- ll. arms (b. braich)
- bu
- ag. was {oes y gwlith} (bod) [WV 25]
- bwr-i-odd
- beat, plunged {yr haul} (bwrw) [WV 28]
- byr
- a. af. short
- by-sedd
- ll. fingers (g. bys)
- coed-iog
- a. forested
- cyd
- a. af. so long, as long as,
i gyd, all
- dall-u
- g. to blind
- darth
- tm. see tarth and ei.
- drifft-i-o
- g. to drift
- dros
- tm. see tros.
- dwy
- a. b. two
- dyff-ryn
- g. valley
- ei
- rh. (+tm.) his, its; before masculine nouns; 'i after vowels
ei darth, its mist
- fin
- tm. see min.
- fodiau
- tm. see bodiau and yn2.
- Foel [(Y) Foel]
- ell. (tm.) see moel.
- freichiau
- tm. see breichiau.
- fu
- tm. see bu.
- fwriodd
- tm. see bwriodd and pan.
- fyny
- tm. see i and mynydd.
- fysedd
- tm. see bysedd and yn2.
- gan
- ardd. (+tm.) *with, by, from
gan wlith, with dew
- gwas-tad
- a. flat
- gweir-glodd-i-au
- ll. meadows (b. gweirglodd)
- gwen
- a. b. white
- gw-lith
- g. dew
- gwyn
- a. g. white
- gyd
- tm. see cyd.
- haul
- g. sun
- Hen-berth
- ell. old hedge
- hon-no
- a.b. that
- i
- ardd. (+tm.) to, into, towards; for, in order to; in
i fyny, upwards
i gyd, all
i fin y Foel, to the edge of the Foel
- is-a [isaf]
- a. below, *lowest
ym mhen isa'r dyffryn, at the lowest end [head] of the valley
- llech-wedd-au
- ll. sides, slopes (g. llechwedd)
- Lleif-i-or
- ell.
- lleth-rau
- ll. slopes (b. llethr)
- mhen
- ttr. see pen and yn.
- min
- g. edge
- moel
- a. bare; Foel, Bald (place)
- myn-ydd
- g. mountain,
i fyny, up, (lit. "up the mountain")
- niw-len
- g. mist, fog
- noeth
- a. naked
- o
- ardd. (+tm.) *from, out of; *of;
o'r afon, from the river
o freichiau haul, [of] sunbeams
- odd-i
- ardd. from
oddi amdano, from around it
- oedd
- a. was/were {tir Lleifior / niwlen wen} (bod)
[WV 25]
- oes
- b. age, life
- pan
- af. (+tm.) when
- ped-air
- a. b. four
- pen
- g. head
ym mhen isa'r dyffryn, at the lowest end [head] of the valley
- pump
- a. five
- 'r
- see y.
- saeth-odd
- ag. shot {dwy, tair...} (saethu) [WV 221]
- tair
- a. b. three
- tarth
- g. *mist, vapour
- thrwy
- tll. see trwy and a.
- tir
- g. land
- tros
- ardd. over
- trwy
- ardd. through
- tua
- ardd. *towards, around
- wen
- tm. see gwen.
- wlith
- tm. see gwlith.
- wyn
- tm. see gwyn.
- y / yr / 'r
- a. c. the; feminine nouns take a soft mutation (tm.) after y; translates as "of the" between nouns; yr before vowels and h;
'r after vowels
- y1
- gp. introduces a noun clause
- ym
- see yn.
- yn / 'n
- ardd. in; yng (ttr.) before c and g (c > ngh, g > ng); ym (ttr.) before b and p (b > m; p > mh).
- yn1
- gn. before verbs (no mutation)
- yn2 (+tm.)
- gn. before adjectives, adverbs and nouns
- yr
- see y.
- yr1
- gn. before forms of bod (wyf and oedd)