The English translation for ‘gobaith’ is ‘hope’. ‘Gobaith’ means that you want something to happen or to be true, or if you have a positive expectation for the future.
Gobaith (Hope)
Gobeithion (Hopes)
The English translation for ‘gobaith’ is ‘hope’. ‘Gobaith’ means that you want something to happen or to be true, or if you have a positive expectation for the future.
Gobaith (Hope)
Gobeithion (Hopes)
The Welsh word for ‘milk’ in Welsh is ‘llefrith’ or ‘llaeth’. Generally speaking, ‘llefrith’ is used more in North Wales whereas ‘llaeth’ is used more in South Wales. However, saying that, there are also some regional variations, depending where you are in the country.
llefrith
llaeth
‘Cacen’ is the Welsh word for ‘cake,’ and in the south Wales dialect, you can also use ‘teisen.’ Additionally, ‘teisen’ is heard in some parts of north Wales, particularly on Ynys Môn – the Isle of Anglesey. In certain areas of north Wales, especially in the west and parts of Conwy county, variations like ‘cacan’ are commonly used. This practice is also observed on the Isle of Anglesey, where the variation ‘teisan’ replaces the ‘e’ with an ‘a’ – a common linguistic feature among many Welsh speakers in parts of north Wales. In parts of south Wales, it’s typical to hear the variation ‘tishen’.
cacen
cake
Hydref has two meanings in Welsh: the season of ‘Autumn‘ and the month of ‘October‘. To differentiate between the two, a lowercase ‘h’ is used for the season, and an uppercase ‘H’ is used for the month.
…We’re almost at the end of another November, so what better time to talk about this common word?
The Welsh word for ‘November’ is ‘Tachwedd’, which is the eleventh month of the Gregorian calendar. Gweiadur states that the original definition of ‘Tachwedd’ was probably ‘Tynnu tua’r diwedd’, which means the end is near, i.e. the end of the year.
Tachwedd
November
Today’s word of the day is lleuad (North Wales dialect), or lloer (South Wales dialect / literary form) which translates to ‘moon’ in English or ‘luna’ in Latin, the natural satellite that is approximately 238,000 miles away from earth.
…Hiraeth is a comforting Welsh word that describes a mix of feelings or emotions. Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru translates it as:
…‘grief or sadness after the lost or departed, longing, yearning, nostalgia, wistfulness, homesickness.’
One notable feature associated with Wales, in addition to its rugby team and male voice choirs, is its unpredictable climate. A day can commence with bright sunshine and warmth, only to swiftly shift into a blustery, rain-soaked tempest. It’s one of the reasons we love living here – you never know what to expect!
Today we will be focusing on the weather phenomenon that gives Wales its luscious green hills: the rain, or glaw in Welsh. It is a masculine noun that is usually uncountable, although the plural forms glawiau or glawogydd do exist.
…The Welsh word for owl is tylluan and the plural is tylluanod. This word is used across Wales in all dialects.
Tylluan – Tylluanod
Owl – Owls
The word makes its earliest appearance in the Llyfr Gwyn Rhydderch (the White Book of Rhydderch), a significant 14th-century manuscript that holds a collection of Welsh legends known as the Mabinogi.
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