Annwyl Berwyn Prys Jones - Cymdeithas Cyfieithwyr Cymru

gwellhad – recovery; ar wellhad – improving, getting better, recovering, on the mend
gwellt: mynd i’r g. – to collapse, to crumble, to fail, to fall through, to be a fiasco/dead loss, to founder, to come
to naught, to end in failure, to break down, to get nowhere; ar fin mynd i’r g. – foundering
gwendid: yn eu g. – when they’re down
gwerin: llên g. – folklore; astudiaethau g. – ethnographical studies
gwerth: maent yn werth yr amser a’r ymdrech a roir iddynt – they repay the time and effort incurred; mae’n
werth ... – it pays to ...; bod o werth ymarferol – to be of practical use; rwyt ti’n/rydych chi’n werth
y byd! – you’re a star/treasure/one in a million/worth yourweight in gold/a (little) darling!; mae’n
werth y byd – it’s invaluable
gwerthfawr – worthwhile, profitable, rewarding, of value; g. iawn/dros ben – invaluable
gwerthfawrogi – to value
gwibio – to dash; ceir yn g. heibio – cars whizzing by
gwir: bod yn wir am – to apply to, to hold true/good for, to be the case; bod yn arbennig o wir am – to be
particularly marked in; mae’r un peth yn wir am – similar comments apply to; mae g. angen – there is
indeed a need to, there is a real need to; a dweud y g. – actually; bod yn fwy g. byth am – to apply in
even greater measure to; ymhell o fod yn wir – far from (being) the truth; gobeithio’n wir – I really
hope (so); mae’n ddigon g. bod/mai/y ... – it is a fact that ...; bod o wir bwys – to really matter; wir i
chi! – honestly!; yn wir – in fact; g. pob gair – no truer word was ever said/spoken, to/you’ve hit the
nail on the head
gwireddu – to realise, to materialise, to come to fruition; g. breuddwydion – to turn dreams into (practical)
reality, to fulfil dreams
gwirionedd: lle deuai’r iaith yn gyfrwng cyfathrebu mewn g. – in which the language would become a real
medium of communication; mewn g. – in practice, really, actually
gwlad: llond g. o – countless, large volumes of, a (whole) host/raft/range of, a profusion of, loads of; mae yno
lond g. ohonynt – they abound
gwledd: yn wledd o – rich in/with, to resonate with, to be packed/suffused with, to be a riot of
gwlith: achosion rif y g. – countless/innumerable cases, a whole host/raft of cases
gwneud – to produce, to fare; g. astudiaeth – to undertake/conduct/carry out a study; g. colledion – to incur
losses; gwneir cynnydd – progress is achieved; g. tasgau – to perform/carry out tasks; gwaith a wneir
– work put in/undertaken; yr ymdrechion a wnaed i ... – the efforts which have gone into ... ; nag a
wneir ar hyn o bryd – than is the case at present; dyma a wneir – this is the practice; drwy wneud
hyn(ny) – thereby; g. elw – to turn in a profit; sy’n g. elw – profitable; gwnaed cryn ymdrech i –
considerable efforts had been put into; g. dim – to take no action; g. y gwaith – to put in the work; g.
camgymeriad – to commit a mistake/an error
gwobr – (the) return(s)
gwrach: breuddwyd g. wrth ei hewyllys – wishful thinking
gwraidd: bod wrth wraidd – to prompt, to underpin, to be due to, to be brought about; yr egwyddor sydd
wrth wraidd hyn yw – the principle behind/underlying this is, the underlying principle is
gwrando: dewch i wrando arnynt – come to hear them speak
gwreiddio – to take root, to establish/become established, to gain ground; wedi g. – to be rooted
gwrth-ateb – rejoinder
gwrthbwyso – to counteract
gwrthdaro – (to) (be in) conflict
gwrthgilio – to drop out
gwrthnysig – unhelpful
gwrthod – to decline (to), to refute (a suggestion); g. cais – to turn down an application, to turn an application
down
gwrthwyneb – reverse; i’r g. – on the contrary
gwrychyn: codi g. – to raise hackles
gwth: mewn g. o oedran – aged, advanced/stricken in years
gwthio: mae g. ffurfiau safonol ar draul ffigurau tafodieithol yn – to emphasise standard forms at the
expense of dialect forms is ...; g.’r cwch i’r dwr – to initiate, to kick/start off, to make a start; g.’ch
ffordd i mewn – to force your/one’s way in
gwybod: yr oedd yn flin gennyf wybod – I was sorry to learn that ...; dod i wybod am – to learn about/of; rhoi
g. i – to inform, to let ... know; ys gwn i – I wonder; cafwyd g. bod – information was received that;
cawn wybod cyn hir – we’ll find out shortly; cael g. bod gwahanol fathau o ... i’w cael – to know
that there are different kinds of ..., to know that different kinds of ... exist; cael g. am – to be informed
about/of, to learn about/of, to be alerted to; bod yn g. llawer am ... – to be knowledgeable about ...
gwybodaeth: g. a ddaeth i law – returns; g.-au – (bits of) information; rhoi g. i – to inform, to let ... know
gwybodus – knowledgeable, well-informed
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