Annwyl Berwyn Prys Jones - Cymdeithas Cyfieithwyr Cymru

ychan: camp nid b. – no mean feat
bychanu – to under-estimate, to denigrate, to trivialise
byd – scene; maent yn gwbl hapus (ar) eu byd – they are thoroughly happy with their lot; amryw b. o –
numerous, mulitfarious, a whole range of; ym myd addysg – in education; ym myd addysg bellach –
in (the sphere of) further education; dim (un) rheswm yn y b. – no reason at all/what(so)ever; bod yn
waeth eu b. – to be worse off; b. o les – a power/no end of good; gwnâi gwyliau fyd o les iddynt –
they could (really) do with a holiday; y b. a’i bethau – the world (?); bod mewn b. – to be in a
state/tizzy; cyffyrddus eu b. – comfortably off; da eu b. – well-off; tlawd eu b. – poor; mae b. o
wahaniaeth rhyngddynt – they are poles apart; dim cyfle yn y b. – no chance (at all/whatsoever); ers
tro b. – longstanding; rwyt ti’n/rydych chi’n werth y b.! – you’re a star/treasure/one in a
million/worth yourweight in gold/a (little) darling!; mae’n werth y b. – it’s invaluable
byd-eang: crefydd fyd-eang – a world faith
bylchog – spasmodic, fragmentary; perth fylchog – a ‘gappy’ hedge
bynnag: beth b. fo/yw – irrespective of; beth b. – anyway, in any case
byrbwyll: mentro’n fyrbwyll – to take undue risks
byrder/(byrdra) – brevity; ar fyrder – immediately, urgently, as a matter of urgency; gweithredu ar fyrder –
to take prompt action
byrdwn – thrust
byrfyfyr – improvised
byrhoedlog – transitional, short-lived, transitory, of short duration
byrlymu – to buzz, buzzing; b. o hyder – brimming with confidence, to exude confidence
byrlymus – lively, bursting with
bys: b. y cloc – the hand of the clock
byth: b. a beunydd/hefyd – constantly, forever, all the time, continually; am b. – for all time/good (and all); eto
fyth – yet again; unwaith ac am b. – once and for all; b. b.-oedd – never, not in a thousand years;
diolch b. – thank goodness, thankfully
bythol: er cof b./b. gof am – in unfading memory of; er ei bod yn fythol anodd – while it is always difficult to
byw – vivid; bod yn fyw i – to display an awareness of, to be aware of; profiad b. – a vital experience; bod yn
fyw yn eu cof – to be fresh in their minds; teimlo i’r byw – to really feel, to feel deeply/(very) keenly/
very much, to take it to heart; yn fy myw – for the life of me; yn fyw o – swarming/teeming with;
edrych ym myw eu llygaid – to look straight at them; nid oedd na b. na bod – there was no holding
him/her/them back; yr oeddent yn b. ac yn bod yno – they were always there, they were
always/forever going there, they spent all their time there; cael modd i fyw – to have a field day;
ymwybyddiaeth fyw o ... – a keen sense of ...; diddordeb b. – a real interest; sut fedri di fyw yn dy
groen/sut fedrwch chi fyw yn eich croen? – how can you live with yourself?; os b. ac iach – all being
well; b. yn/mewn – to inhabit; y peth rhyfedda’n fyw – the most/really remarkable thing (you ever
saw (in your life)), the really remarkable thing
bywiog – animated
bywiogi – to vivify, to liven up
bywiogrwydd – vitality
caboli – to hone
cad: bod ar flaen y gad – to lead the way, to pioneer; bod ar flaen y gad o ran – to be in the forefront of
cadarn – sound, cogent, vigorous, solid, strong, stout, secure, robust, sturdy; sylfaen ystadegol gadran – a
hard(,) statistical basis; gafael gadarn ar – an excellent grasp of; bod yn foddion c. i – to be a
successful means of
cadarnhau – to consolidate, to bear out, to corroborate, to ratify
cadarnle – stronghold
cadw – to retain; c. llygad/golwg ar – to monitor, to oversee; c. diddordeb – to maintain (an) interest; c. mewn
cysylltiad – to maintain contact; cedwir at y drefn – the arrangement persists; c. mewn cof – to bear in
mind; llyfrgell lle cedwir detholiad o lyfrau – a library which houses a selection of books; c. at – to
stick to; c. at eu gair – to honour their commitment; c. sŵn – to make a noise; c.’n sych – to stay dry
cae: nid oes neb yn yr un c. ag ef – there is no-one/nobody in the same league as him, there is no-one/nobody
to touch him
cael – to obtain, to acquire, to receive, to be provided (with), which exists/ occurs, to accrue, to prove; sydd ar
gynnig/i’w c. – on offer, available, which are to be found, which exist; c. disgyblion i/c. gan
ddisgyblion – to encourage pupils to; c. mwy o brofiad o – to gain/be given more experience of; c.
llwyddiant – to achieve/to experience/to enjoy/to meet with success, to prove (to be) successful; ei
chael hi’n anodd – to find it difficult to, to experience difficulty in; c. argraff – to gain/form an
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