Annwyl Berwyn Prys Jones - Cymdeithas Cyfieithwyr Cymru

da – pleasing, gratifying, sound, desirable, beneficial, useful; da o beth yw – it is as well to, it is good to see
that; er mai da o beth yw ... – although ... is to be welcomed; mae’n dda o beth bod – commendably;
d. i ddim – useless; nifer dda – a significant number; da eu byd – well-off; galwa, da ti/galwch, da chi
– (please) (do) call; bod yn ddigon da – to suffice, to do, to pass muster
dadansoddiad: d. ariannol – (a) financial breakdown
dadebru – to come round
dadelfennu – to break down
dadfeilio – to fall into disrepair
dadlau – to maintain, to contend, to submit; drwy ddadlau bod – on the grounds that
dadlennol – revealing
dadleuol – contentious
daearyddiaeth (leol) – topography
dal – to capture, to trap, to assert, to maintain; d. clefyd – to contract a disease; d. dwr – to be valid, to stand up
(to examination), to bear examination, to hold up; d. eu tir – to be holding their own, to stand the test
of time; yn d. i – still; yn d. heb eu ... – yet to be ...; d.-iwch ati – keep it up, keep up the good work,
keep on, continue, stick to it; does dim d. – there’s no knowing/saying; gallent ddal yr oerfel – they
could (with)stand the cold; d. cannwyll i – to bear/stand comparison with; d. pen rheswm â – to
argue/converse with; d. sylw – to gain attention; d.-ier sylw – take note, N.B.; d. yn ôl – to withhold;
cael eu d. yn y canol – to be stranded/stuck in the middle; d. dig – to bear a grudge; d. y pwysau – to
cope with stress/ pressure; d. ati i ddarllen – to go on reading; d. gafael ar – to hang on to
dall: rhannol ddall – partially sighted
damcaniaethu – to speculate
dameg: siarad mewn damhegion – to speak in riddles
damwain: ar ddamwain – by accident, accidentally; drwy ddamwain – by chance
damweiniol – inadvertent; yn ddamweiniol – by accident
dangos – to indicate, to demonstrate, to display, to expose, to betray; amser a ddengys – time will tell; os gellir
d. – if it can be established (that); d. cydymdeimlad – to be sympathetic
dan: dod o d. – to be covered by
dant: yn fwy at eu d. – more to their taste/liking
darfod – to perish; oherwydd A, darfu am B – A led to the demise of B; darfu defnyddioldeb llawer
ohonynt ers tro byd – many have long (since) outlived their usefulness; maent wedi d. amdanynt/o’r
tir – they no longer exist, they have died out, they are extinct
darfodedig – ephemeral
darfodedigrwydd – obsolescence
darganfod – to ascertain, to establish, to identify
darganfyddion – findings
darlun – scenario; d. llawnach o – a fuller indication of
darlunio – to depict; d. mewn diagram – to be set out in a diagram
darn – patch, portion, chunk; d. o ffordd – section/stretch of road; d. o wybodaeth – item of information;
syrthio’n ddarnau – to collapse, to crumble, to fall apart; d. (tir) – area; d. o linyn – a length of string,
some string; d. bach (bach) o – a fraction of
darpar – designate, future, prospective; d. wr – husband-to-be, future husband
darparu: d. gwasanaeth – to lay on a service
datblygiad: d.-au – advances i ni, dyma’r datblygiad c. o’i fath or dyma’r tro cyntaf i ni wneud hyn – this is
a first for us
datblygu – to evolve, to become, to emerge; d. yn ... – to be elaborated into; d. mor gyflym â – to keep pace
with; maent wedi d.’n ... – they have established themselves as ...
datganiad – utterance
datgelu – to reveal
datgymalu – to dismantle, to break down, to take apart
datrys: d. problemau – to resolve/sort out/crack problems
dathliadol – celebratory
dau: pobl o’r ddau ryw – people of opposite sexes
dawn – flair; mae ganddi hi ddawn ysgrifennu arbennig iawn – she’s great at writing
deall – to grasp, to get the picture; syndod yw d. – it is surprising to learn
dechau: pur dda – competent
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