GPC Welsh dictionary

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Word of the Day: pen rwdan geiriadur.ac.uk/gpc/gpc.html?p… To call someone a 'pen rwdan' or a 'pen rẁd' (a swede head or a turnip head) would be to call them a stupid person, an idiot or a fool. Similar Welsh insults include 'pen meipen' (turnip head) and 'pen dafad' (sheep head).

Word of the day: CHWEONGL, geiriadur.ac.uk/gpc/gpc.html?c… ‘six-sided’, ‘hexagonal’, like these famous stones that form the Giant’s Causeway in Northern Ireland. Under each hexagonal stone on the site (there are around 40,000 of them), a long column of basalt extends down into the earth

Word of the Day: Sarn Badrig geiriadur.ac.uk/gpc/gpc.html?S…. Today is St. Patrick’s Day, patron saint of Ireland. Sarn Badrig is the Welsh name for St. Patrick’s causeway near Harlech and is also one of several Welsh names for the Milky Way. (Photo: Ian Warburton)

Word of the day: sgolp geiriadur.ac.uk/gpc/gpc.html?s… 'thatching-rod, thatch-peg' There is not as much demand for them these days! See also 'sgilp' and take a look at the meanings listed under 'sgolpio'

Word of the day: ofergoel geiriadur.ac.uk/gpc/gpc.html?o… Ofer (worthless) + coel (belief), ‘superstition, vain belief’. Those of us that are superstitious believe Friday the 13th to be an unlucky day. Don’t walk under any ladders today, just in case ....!

Word of the Day: amryddawn geiriadur.ac.uk/gpc/gpc.html?a… i.e. multitalented, to describe Iolo Morganwg who was born on this date in 1747. He was a poet and antiquarian but also active in many other fields and a fervent campaigner for the abolition of slavery.

Word of the day: addurndlws (jewellery). geiriadur.ac.uk/gpc/gpc.html?a… Gemwaith is more familiar. There are some expensive items in the picture!

Word of the Day: porchell (pl. porchellod, perchyll) geiriadur.ac.uk/gpc/gpc.html?p… This name, meaning (young) pig or piglet, was first recorded in Llyfr Iorwerth in the 13th century and is borrowed from the Latin 'porcellus'. Another name for a young pig is 'banw' 🐷

Word of the day: RHIF Y GWLITH ‘countless, innumerable’,geiriadur.ac.uk/gpc/gpc.html?r…   Literally the number of the dewdrops. It is often used in phrases such as ‘bendithion rif y gwlith’ (countless blessings) or ‘helbulon rif y gwlith’ (countless difficulties).

Word of the day: clyw (hearing) Gair y dydd: clyw geiriadur.ac.uk/gpc/gpc.html?c… On the World Health Organization's World Hearing Day, take a look in the Dictionary at the word clyw, and the verb clywaf: clywed that it stems from. who.int/campaigns/worl…

Word of the day: cacen (cake) geiriadur.ac.uk/gpc/gpc.html?c… Which one would you choose? Other names for cake are teisen and cêc - have a look at the numerous combinations listed in the articles in the Dictionary. Perhaps you'd like a 'cacen goch' or a 'teisen blwmbryd'?

Word of the day: LOBSGOWS ‘lobscouse’ geiriadur.ac.uk/gpc/gpc.html?l… Will you be celebrating St David's Day with a bowl of LOBSGOWS this year? And will it contain lamb, beef, or be TROEDNOETH “barefoot”, that is without meat at all?

Word of the day: CYNFFONNAU ŴYN BACH geiriadur.ac.uk/gpc/gpc.html?c… catkins or lamb’s tails Also cwt yr ŵyn bach, gwyddau bach, cenawon coed, all describing the shape and softness of the flowers of hazel trees, willows, etc, which are evident in hedges at the moment. What’s your word?

Word of the day: trumwel welsh-dictionary.ac.uk/gpc/gpc.html?t… A comparatively 'new' (20th century) word for a skyline. The picture shows a view near London Bridge.

Word of the Day: cosyn geiriadur.ac.uk/gpc/gpc.html?c… this is the diminutive form of the word 'caws' (cheese). The plural diminutive forms of 'caws' are 'cosynnau' or 'cosynnod'. Cosyn is the name of the little mouse in the Rala Rwdins book series - a very fitting name indeed🧀🐭

Word of the day: DEL geiriadur.ac.uk/gpc/gpc.html?d… It's surprising how words can completely change their meaning over time. The old meaning of DEL  was ‘angry, rough, stubborn’. However its meaning for us today is ‘beautiful, pretty’.

Word of the day: hysbysfwrdd (notice-board) welsh-dictionary.ac.uk/gpc/gpc.html?h… Here are two boards advertising the contents of the day's newspapers sometime in the early 1930's.

Word of the Day: tradwy geiriadur.ac.uk/gpc/gpc.html?t… An adverb referring to the period in three days' time, on the third day after today, and three days later. One way of referring to a full week in Welsh is: 'y diwrnod cyn echddoe, echddoe, ddoe, heddiw, drannoeth, drennydd, DRADWY'.

Word of the Day: lili wen fach geiriadur.ac.uk/gpc/gpc.html?l… a little white lily and is one of several Welsh names for a snowdrop. This little poem says that the snowdrop appears before any other flower but there are several others in bloom by now.

Word of the day: sitrul geiriadur.ac.uk/gpc/gpc.html?s… A historical name for the watermelon, as found in 'Yny lhyvyr hwnn' of 1546, the first book to be printed in the Welsh language.