Annwyl Berwyn Prys Jones - Cymdeithas Cyfieithwyr Cymru

seinegol – phonic
selog: s.-ion – stalwarts
serch – notwithstanding; s. hynny – nevertheless, however
sgil: yn s. – following, in the wake/aftermath of; a ddaw yn s. ... – introduced by, accompanies, to be brought
about by ...
sgwâr: ein milltir s. – our (own) back yard
sgwarnogod: mynd ar ôl s.-od – to go off the subject, to be side-tracked, [red herrings], to digress
sgwrsio – to conduct a conversation
siâp: does dim llawer o s. arnyn nhw – they’re not up to much, they’re not much cop, they’re not very together,
they haven’t really got things organised/together
siarad – to converse, talk; s. gwag – pie in the sky
sicrhau – [GCC: to assure, to confirm, to obtain, to fix, to secure] to ensure, to achieve, to get, to provide scope
for, to arrive at, to procure, to arrange, to provide, to make sure, to see (to it) that; er mwyn s. – in the
interests of; s. gwell dealltwriaeth – to bring about a better understanding; mewn ffordd sy’n s. eu
bod yn – in such a way that they; s. gwelliannau – to effect improvements; s. llwyddiant rhywbeth –
to make something a success; s. newid – to engineer a change; dylid s. – action/care should be taken to
ensure
sicrwydd: nid oes s. – there is no guarantee (that); i s. – for sure; gwybod i s. – to know for a fact
sigledig – uncertain
siglo: s.’r crud – to rock the table
simsan – unsound, precarious
simsanu – to waver
sinach: yr hen s. bach – the (miserable) (old) sod
siom – dismay
siomi: eu s. – to let them down; cael eu s. ar yr ochr orau – to be pleasantly surprised
sionc – animated, lively
sirioli – to buck up
sirol – county-wide
siw: dim s. na miw – not a peep
siwgraidd – sugary
siw^r: mae’n s. – no doubt; s. o fod – probably
slecs: gwerthu fel s. – to selllike hot cakes, to do a roaring trade, to be a roaring success, full out, flat out
(Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru)
smwclaw – drizzle
sob(o)r: mae’n s. o beth – it’s a deadful thing/sobbering thought; s. o beth – a deadful/horrible/shocking/an
awful thing
sobreiddiol – sobbering
sôn: soniwyd am – there was mention of, ... was mentioned/commented (up)on; yn ôl pob s. – by all accounts;
yn ôl y sôn – rumour has it (that), it is said/rumoured (that); doedd dim s. amdano/amdani – there was
no sign of it; heb s. am ... – to say nothing of ...
soniarus – resonant
SPAEM – OHMCI
staffio: s. stondin – to man a stand
statws: o s. – of stature
stond – still
stordy, storfa – store-room
stor(o)m – s. darannau – a storm in a teacup
surbwch – offhand, surly
sut: s.? – what?; mae angen ystyried s. mae – consideration needs to be given to means of; peth ansicrwydd
ynghylch s. mae defnyddio – some uncertainty about/over the use to be made; s. gyngor ddylai
hwnnw fod? – what should the nature of the advice be?; s. le/bobl yw ...? – what is/are ... like?
swil – diffident, timid
swildod – inhibition(s)
swm: s. a sylwedd – gist, thrust; s. a sylwedd hyn(ny) i gyd oedd ... – what all this boiled down to was ...
swmp – volume, a great deal of
swmpus – substantial
swrth – stolid
swta – brief, terse; siarad yn s. – to snap
swydd – position, post
swyddogaeth – role
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