Welsh Words Found in Latter-day Saint Branch Records
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Wales Welsh words found in Branch Records
General Words[edit | edit source]
| Welsh | English |
|---|---|
| aelod, aelodau | member, members |
| adferwyd | restored |
| am ba beth? | for what? |
| anufuddod | disobedience, unwillingness, obstinacy |
| anwyl or annwyl | loving |
| athro (m) , athrawes (f) | teacher |
| bedyddiwyd | baptised |
| briod (mutation of 'priod') | wife, husband, spouse |
| bu farw | died |
| cadarnhawyd | confirmed |
| cangen, cangenau | branch, branches |
| cefn | a ridge |
| cofrestr | register, record |
| cynhadledd | conference |
| cwm | a basin shaped hollow |
| cyfrol (cyf.) | volume (vol.) |
| colledig | lost |
| derbyniwyd trwy lythyr | received by letter |
| diacon | deacon |
| difuddiwyd | suspended, deprived |
| enwyd | named |
| gan bwy? | by whom? |
| genedigaeth | nativity |
| gwraig | wife |
| gweddw | widow |
| hefyd | also, likewise |
| henuriad | an elder |
| hon | this thing or person (f) |
| hwn | this thing or person (m) |
| Iesu Grist | Jesus Christ |
| mab | son |
| mam | mother |
| merch | daughter |
| mis, misoedd | month, months |
| mlwydd | years (as in age) |
| Nadolig | Christmas |
| nodiad, nodiadau | note, notes |
| o ba gangen? | from what branch? |
| o'r plwyf | from the parish |
| oed | age |
| ordeinwyd | ordained |
| pa alwad? | what occupation? |
| pa blwyf? | what parish? |
| pa bryd? | when? |
| pa sir? | what county? |
| Pasg | Passover, Easter |
| plentyn, plant | child, children |
| preswylfod | residence, dwelling |
| priod | wife, husband, spouse |
| rhagddywededig | before named |
| rhif, rhifau | number, numbers |
| Seintiau y Dyddiau-Diweddaf | Latter-day Saints |
| torwyd allan | broken out, excommunicated |
| trosglwyddwyd | removed |
| trwy lythyr | by letter |
| uchod | above |
| y (or 'yr' before vowels) | the |
| ymfudodd | emigrated |
| ymgynnull | to assemble |
| ymgynnulledig | assembled |
| yn ddechreuol | originally |
| yn, ym, yng | in |
Months of the year[edit | edit source]
| Welsh | English |
|---|---|
| Ionawr (Ion.) | January (Jan.) |
| Chwefror (Chwef.) | February (Feb.) |
| Mawrth (Mawr.) | March (Mar.) |
| Ebrill (Ebr.) | April (Apr.) |
| Mai | May |
| Mehefin (Meh.) | June (Jun.) |
| Gorffennaf | July |
| Awst | August |
| Medi | September |
| Hydref (Hyd.) | October (Oct.) |
| Tachwedd (Tach.) | November (Nov.) |
| Rhagfyr (Rhag.) | December (Dec.) |
Days of the Week[edit | edit source]
| Welsh | English |
|---|---|
| Dydd Sul (lit. Day of the Sun) | Sunday |
| Dydd Llun (lit. Day of the Moon) | Monday |
| Dydd Mawrth (lit. Day of Mars) | Tuesday |
| Dydd Mercher (lit. Day of Mercury) | Wednesday |
| Dydd Iau (lit. Day of Jupiter) | Thursday |
| Dydd Gwener (lit. Day of Venus) | Friday |
| Dydd Sadwrn (lit. Day of the Saturn) | Saturday |