Geirfa (Vocabulary):
- a
- c. (+tll.) and;
rh. (+tm.) that (before clauses)
- ac
- c. and (before vowels)
- ac-w
- af. at that place, yonder
- af-on
- g. river
- af-on-ydd
- ll. rivers (g. afon)
- am
- c. because, *as far as, so long as;
rh. about, for
am wn i, as far as I know
- am-harch-us
- a. irreverent, disrespectable
- ar
- ardd. *on, upon; *at; over; of; for
ar y fargan, at the bargain
ar y llethra', on the slopes
- at-eb-odd
- aa. answered {y blaenor} (atebu) [WV 22]
- bach-gen
- g. boy;
(fy) machgen i, my boy
- bar-gan
- b. bargain, contract
- ben
- tm. see pen.
- blae-nor
- g. leader, front-man
- braich
- b. arm
- bre-geth-wr-ol
- a. pertaining to or resembling a preacher
- bron
- af. almost, nearly, on the point of
- cad-arn
- a. powerful, firm
- cad-ern-id
- aa. amh. would be
strengthened it {briach} (cadarnhau)
- caea' (cae-au)
- ll. fields (g. cae)
- caf-odd
- ag. had O / Fo (cael) [WV 32]
- cal-on
- b. heart
yng nghalon y ddau, in (the) heart of the two (both)
- Caer-nar-fon
- ell. shire in northwest Wales,
Caer yn Arfon, Fortress on the river Arfon
- chardernid
- tll. see cadernid.
- chafodd
- tll. see cafodd.
- chi
- rha. you
- chwmpas
- tll. see cwmpas
and ei1.
- clog-wyn i
- ll. cliff, crag,
precipice (g. clogwyn)
- craig
- b. rock
- cwm-pas
- g. compass, around, sphere,
o gwmpas, around
o'i chwmpas hi, around her
- cych-wyn
- g. start, beginning
- cyd
- a. so long, as long as
i gyd, all together
- da
- a. good
- dau
- a. g. two
- daw-el
- tm. see tawel.
- dda
- tm. see da and yna.
- ddau
- tm. see dau.
- dde
- tm. see de and i.
- ddeheulaw
- tm. see deheulaw
and dy.
- ddim
- tm. see dim.
- ddwys
- tm. see dwys.
- de
- g. right side, south;
i'r dde, to the right
- de-heu-law
- b. right hand (dehau + llaw)
dy ddeheulaw, your right hand
- 'di
- see gwel'di and ti.
- dim
- g. anything, nothing, none;
a. any, no;
af. any, no, none at all
- draw
- af. yonder, away,
at a distance
- drwg
- a. bad
- dws-in
- g. dozen
- dwys
- a. earnest, grave, solemn, heavy, profound, intense
- dy
- rh. thy, thine; your
dy law, your hand
dy deheulaw, your right :hand
- dy-ma
- af. (+tm.) here is/are (bod)
dyma iti, here is for you
- ei
- rh. (+tm.) his, its; before masculine nouns;
'i after vowels;
ei ben, his head
- ei1
- rh. (+tll.) her, its; before feminine nouns;
o'i [ei] chwmpas hi, around her
- en-nyd
- gb. moment
ymhen ennyd, after a moment
- e-to
- af. again
- fargan
- tm. see bargan.
- fel
- af. c. ardd. *like, so, as, that, thus
- flaenor
- tm. see blaenor.
- fraich
- tm. see braich.
- Gaernarfon
- tm. see Caernarfon.
- gan
- ardd. with, by (written); of, from: c. as, *while, inasmuch as, because, since
gan swnio, [while] sounding
- gen-nych
- ardd. + rh. with you (gan)
- gol-yg-fa
- b. scene, view
- gor-au
- a. best
- gwel'di
- mg. you see (informal);
gweld + ti (be. + rh.)
- gwen-ith-faen
- g. granite
- gwir
- a. true;
g. truth;
yn wir, truthfully, indeed
- gwn (-wn)
- ap. I know (gwybod);
am wn i, as far as I know
- gwnithfaen
- tm. see gwenithfaen.
- gwy-dra' (gwydrau)
- ll. drinking glass (g. gwydryn)
- gwydd-fa
- b. grave-mount, tumulus;
Yr (hen) Wyddfa (ell.), the (old) Grave-mount, Snowdon (mountain)
- gwyn
- a. g. white (b. gwen)
- gyd
- tm. see cyd and i.
- gynnoch
- see gennych.
- hanner
- a. half
- haul
- gb. sun
- hen
- a. old
- hi
- b. she; rha. her
- hong-ian
- be. to hang
- hwyl
- g. enjoyment, fun; health, state, condition
- 'i1
- see ei1.
- i
- ardd. (+tm.) to, into, towards; for, in order to; in; from;
rha. I, me, *my
i ti, for you
i'r dde, to the right
i gyd, all together
i lawr, downwards
- ia [ïe]
- af. it is so, yes, yea
- iti
- ardd. + rh. for you, to you ( i ),
dyma iti, here is for you
- law
- tm. see llaw and dy.
- lawr
- tm. see llawr and i.
- Lias
- ep.
- llaw
- b. hand
- llaw-ar (llawer)
- g. a. af. many, much
- llawr
- g. floor;
i lawr, downwards
- lleth-ra' (llethrau)
- ll. slopes
(b. llethr)
- llith-ro
- b. to slip, to fall
- llyn
- g. lake
- 'machgen (i)
- ttr. see bachgen.
- mae
- ap. is/are {braich /
gwenithfaen / da a drwg} (bod)
[WV 25]
- medd-ai
- aa. said {he (y blaenor) / Huw Jones}
(medd) [WV 187]
- Men-ai
- ell. Afon Menai (Menai Straits)
- mewn
- ardd. within
- 'n
- see yn.
- 'na
- see yna.
- nent-ydd
- ll. streams (b. nant)
- nghalon
- ttr. see calon and yn.
- o
- rh. from, *of, out of
o gwmpas, around, about
o'i chwmpas hi, around her
dwsin o nentydd, a dozen [of] streams
llawar o hwyl, a lot of enjoyment
- o'i
- see o and ei.
- O (Fo)
- rh. He, the Lord (northern)
- oedd
- aa. was {sylw amharchus} (bod) [WV 25]
- oes
- b. there is, yes;
oes, y mae, yes, there is [WV 25]
- olygfa
- tm. see golygfa and y.
- ora' (orau)
- tm. see gorau.
- pen
- g. head
- pob-ol (pobl)
- g. people
- 'r
- see y.
- 'sgleinio
- see ysgleinio.
- sir
- b. shire, county
- swn-io
- be. to sound
- sy
- be. is, are (bod)
- sy-lw
- g. remark, observation
- taw-el
- a. quietly
- ti
- rh. you (informal)
- tri
- a. three
- tu-ag (tu-a)
- ardd. towards; about; tuag before vowels.
tuag Afon Menai, towards the Menai Straits
- uch-el
- a. high, lofty, towering
- un
- a. one
- weith-ia' (weithiau)
- af. sometimes, now and then
- wel'di
- tm. see gwel'di.
- wir
- tm. see gwir.
- wn
- tm. see gwn and am.
- wnithfaen
- tm. see gwenithfaen.
- Wydd-fa, Yr
- tm. see