Annwyl Berwyn Prys Jones - Cymdeithas Cyfieithwyr Cymru

pellhau – to drift apaprt, to move further and further away
pellter: bellter ffordd – a long way, a (quite) considerable distance; o fewn p. o ... – within a radius of
pen: rhifyddeg p. – mental arithmetic; o’u p. a’u pastwn eu hunain – off their own bat, on their own initiative,
of their own accord; gwaith o’u p. a’u pastwn eu hunain – work of their own creation/ devising,
entirely self-motivated work; bod ar ben y ffordd – to be well on the way to; dros ben – most, keenly,
ever so; gwerthfawr dros ben – invaluable; yn dda dros ben – exceptionally/extremely good, very
good indeed, ever so good; cysylltiadau agos dros ben – the very closest links, ever so close links;
maent yn awyddus dros ben i weld ... – they very much want to see ..., they are ever so keen to see ...;
llwyddiannus dros ben – immensely successful; yn y p. draw – eventually, in the long term/run, in the
final/last analysis, ultimately, in the long run; mae p. draw i ... – there is a limit to ..., there are limits to
...; mae p. draw i’r hyn y gallwn ni ei wneud – we can only do so much; p. draw’r byd – the other
side of the world; pen d.’r coridor – the (far) end of the corridor; rhoi rhywun ar ben y ffordd i – to
get someone started on; dal p. rheswm â – to argue with; dod i ben – to end, to finish, to terminate, to
run out; daeth y cwrs i ben – the course was discontinued; problem sydd wedi codi ei phen – a
problem which/that has surfaced/cropped up/arisen; bod yn ben – to be paramount; wedi mynd â’i ben
iddo – collapsed, derelict; ar eu p.-nau eu hunain – on their own, by themselves, solo, alone; gwrthod
ar ei ben – to refuse point blank; mae hi wedi mynd i’r p. arnynt – they are desperate; ar ben – to be
finished; in addition; ar ben hynny – in addition, moreover, furthermore, to cap it all; mae hi ar ben
arnynt – they are done for; ben bore – at the crack of dawn; ers ben bore – all morning; ben bore
dydd Llun – first thing (on) Monday (morning); p. y daith – destination; dros ben – left (over); rhoi
llond p. iddynt – to give them an earful, to give them a talking to, to scold them; punt y p. – a pound
per person, a pond each; lwfans y p. – capitation allowance; hen ben – very/highly experienced, a wily
old bird; ; p. eithaf de-orllewin Cymru – in the south-west(ern) tip of Wales; rhoi dyn/rhywun ar ben
y ffordd – to get someone started, to give someone a start; os aiff hi i’r p. – if it comes to the worst;
petai’n mynd i’r p. – should the worst happen, in extremis; yr ydym yn gwrthod ar ei phen eu cred mai
... – we reject absolutely/outright/ totally/utterly/completely/unequivocally/flatly/out of hand their belief
that ...; ; gwrthod y cynnig ar ei ben – outright rejection of the offer/proposal; cyn p. dim – (quite)
soon, in a short time, very quickly; nid yw’r byd/cyfan ar ben – all is not lost
penagored – open-ended
penbleth – dilemma
pendant – specific, definitive, precise, (clearly) defined, distinct, well-defined, tangible, firm, categorical,
emphatic, decisive, clear, adamant, explicit, positive, sure; manteision p. – decided advantages; yn
bendant – for sure; gwrthwynebu’n bendant – to be resolutely opposed to; tystiolaeth bendant –
hard/real evidence; bod yn bendant o’r farn fod/mai/y(r) – to be firmly/strongly of the opinion that,
to be in no doubt that; gwrthod y cyhuddiad yn bendant – to reject the accusation flatly/out of hand;
gwadu’n bendant – to deny strenuously
pendantrwydd – firmness
penderfyniad – decision
penderfynu – to make up one’s mind; heb benderfynu eto – undecided; cei di/cewch chi benderfynu – it’s up
to you
pendifaddau: yn bendifaddau – certainly, most assuredly; eithriad yw hwn(nw), yn bendifaddau – this is
very much the exception
pendroni – to consider, to cogitate, to meditate, to reflect, to contemplate, to muse, to ponder
penigamp: cyfle p. – a prime opportunity
penllanw – culmination
pennaf – major, paramount, overriding, (fore)most; yn bennaf – primarily, for the most part, predominantly; yn
bennaf cyfrifol am – largely accountable, chiefly/mainly responsible for; yn bennaf oll – first and
foremost; yr angen p. – the most pressing need; y budd p. – maximum advantage; o’r pwys p. – of the
greatest/highest/first importance, of vital/paramount/fundamental importance; ffrindiau/cyfeillion p. –
(the) best (of) friends
pennor – prefect
pennu – to set, to stipulate, to be decided by, to lay down, to establish, to fix
penodedig – designated, stated, prescribed, given, stipulated
penodol – express, explicit; ar unrhyw adeg benodol – at any given stage/one time; fe’i canmolwyd yn
benodol – he/she/it was singled out for praise
penodoldeb (?) – specificity
perfedd: ym mherfeddion y ddaear – deep underground
peri – to lead to, to warrant, to render, to prompt, to result in, to effect; p. pryder – to cause concern, to be
disturbing, to be a/give cause for concern, to be a source of concern; p. bod rhaid – to necessitate; p.
problemau – to present/induce/pose problems; p. i rywun feddwl – to make someone think; dylai hyn
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