Word(s) of the Day 23/11/2018
Today’s word is inspired by the slow creep in to Christmas we see happening all around us…
Trothwy = troth-we (short ‘o’ sound)
Trothwy literally means threshold. But as in English, you’ll seldom hear people using it in everyday speech when referring to ‘that bit you stand on before walking through an entrance’, because we all tend to say doorstep.
But as in English, is is often used to describe the beginning of something. So this time of year you may hear people say Da ni ar drothwy’r Nadolig, which means we are on the threshold of Christmas.
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