Gair neu Idiom y Diwrnod - Word or Idiom of the Day

Uwchlwytho is “upload” as well I think… Tanysgrifio = Subscribe…useful for youtube videos :slight_smile:

As someone born in Gloucester, this is very interesting to me, although I normally have difficulty in remembering its Welsh name. Maybe now I’ll have a better chance of remembering it.

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Not to mention Golwg magazine, and the like. :slight_smile:

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I meant to say useful not usual :smiley:

It is good to see the waterlogged nature of the place is still remembered. Last time they had bad floods it was reported as if totally unexpected!

Word of the Day 08/05/2018

Hin = heen
Hinsawdd = heen-south
Hindda = heen-tha

Hin is an old word for weather.

Hinsawdd means climate and is still in common use.

Hindda means good weather - still occasionally used especially by the older generations. Traditionally and still sometimes used in poetry/literature is hin-deg for fair weather and hin-frwd for hot/sultry weather.

Sound file - sorry, I have a bit of a cold! :wink:

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So “climate change” would be “hinsawdd newid”?

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Almost… newid hinsawdd :slight_smile:

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Hindda…older people? hei I use it :smiley:

Mae’n hindda!..I use it to mean … “the conditions have improved from a previously inclement nature” Llond ceg :smiley:

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I like this – there are a few, if you look for them, especially (but not solely) ones with caster/cester/chester in the name. Winchester (Caer-wynt) was Venta Belgarum, whence Anglo-Saxon Wintanceaster (the city of Winta); Cirencester was Roman Corinium, and apparently Caer Ceri in Old Welsh (Wikipedia to the rescue!), whence Cirrenceaster; and the Isle of Wight (Ynys Wyth) was Roman Vectis, then Old English Wiht, which follows the same pattern as ‘rect-angle’ vs. ‘right angle’ etc. And Caer Efrog, of course: York from Jorvik from Eoforwic from Eburacum. Any more for any more?

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Word of the Day 09/05/2018

Phrase of the Day 09/05/2018

Today is a little different. I’m going to introduce a phrase/idiom.

Sul, gwyl a gwaith = seal - goo+eel - goo+ayth

Sul means Sunday.
Gŵyl means holiday or festival.
Gwaith means work.

This is an old idiom, depicting the division of one’s time - it’s either Sunday, a workday, or a holiday/day of celebration. It was/is used to basically mean all the time.

So if Hughes the postman wears the same shoes Sul, gŵyl a gwaith, it means that you will never see him wearing any other shoes.

Someone may have the same surly expression Sul, gŵyl a gwaith.

The corner shop may be open Sul, gŵyl a gwaith.

The family on the corner may have washing on the line Sul, gŵyl a gwaith

Or maybe the couple next door argue Sul, gŵyl a gwaith

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Brilliant. I wish I could like this more than once.

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Word of the Day 10/05/2018

Tymor = tum-ore
Tymhorol = tum-hoar-all

Tymor means season
Tymhorol means seasonal

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Does it not also means ‘term’ as in school term?

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Yes it does @henddraig. :slight_smile:

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Word of the Day

Swrth = soorth

Swrth means lethargic/listless/sluggish/weary/worn out/fatigued

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Just how I feel right now! :slight_smile:

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Word of the Day 16/05/2018

Synnwyr = son-ooir
Cyffredin = cuff-fred-din

Synnwyr means sense.
Cyffredin means common or general
Synnwyr cyffredin means common sense

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Word of the Day 18/05/2018

Ymestyn = erm-est-tin (rhymes with Iestyn :wink: )

Ymestyn means to stretch or extend.

You can ymestyn your limbs and you can ymestyn your house.

If you decide to ymestyn your house, you may have to ymestyn the time you give the builders to complete the work.

But if you do decide to ymestyn your house, then the bit you add on will be called an estyniad as well as the extra time you give the builders. :slight_smile:

Estyniad = est-tonne-yad

Estyniad means extention

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Word of the Day 21/05/2018

Achlysur = ach-luss-seer

Achlusur means occasion and in two weeks it will be the SSiW birthday party in Caerfyrddin - are you going?

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