Geiriadur Mawr, Y: Complete Welsh-English, English-Welsh Dictionary

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Geiriadur Cymraeg-Saesneg a Saesneg-Cymraeg a baratowyd gan Ganolfan Bedwyr. Mae’n arbennig o ddefnyddiol i ddysgwyr. Ceir cysylltiadau i eiriaduron eraill ac i adnoddau termau technegol. (Dyma’r geiriadur a oedd ar wefan y BBC.) Davies, Elwyn, Rhestr o Enwau Lleoedd: A Gazetteer of Welsh Place-Names (Caerdydd/Cardiff, 1967, re-issued 1989). Idem and Jones, J. P. M., Termau Deddfwriaeth Priffyrdd: Highways Legislation Terms (Caerdydd/Cardiff, 1998).

Diffinnir yr eirfa hon yn Gymraeg, ond rhoddir cyfystyron Saesneg yn ogystal. Rhoddir sylw manwl i ffurfiau amrywiol, cyfuniadau, a tharddiad geiriau. Mae’n cyflwyno geirfa’r iaith Gymraeg o’r testunau Hen Gymraeg cynharaf, drwy lenyddiaeth doreithiog y cyfnodau Canol a Modern, hyd at y cynnydd aruthrol yn yr eirfa sy’n deillio o’r defnydd ehangach o’r iaith ym mhob agwedd ar fywyd yr hanner canrif diwethaf. A database of terms prepared by Bangor University’s Terminology and Language Technology Unit. It also provides links to a number of similar resources. Richards, Melville, Welsh Administrative and Territorial Units (Cardiff, University of Wales Press, 1969).Terms relating to lesbians in Welsh don’t make an appearance until 1981 in my dictionary records. Prior to the usage of lesbian to refer to women who love women, the term Sapphist was used. In the 40+ dictionaries I’ve looked through, lesbian terms appear in just 15 of them. Y Geiriadur Cymraeg Cyfoes would be the first. Edwards, Peter H., Adar Awstralia (Birds of Australia: a list of names in the Welsh language) (P. H. Edwards, P.O. Box 85, Batlow, NSW 2730, Australia, 1999).

McNeir, Clive Leo (gol.), Cynulliad Cenedlaethol Cymru: Geiriadur Terminoleg Trefniadaeth: National Assembly for Wales Dictionary of Procedural Terms (Caerdydd/Cardiff, 1999). Jones, Ceri, Dweud eich Dweud: Geiriadur o Idiomau Cymraeg (Llandysul, 2001) (a Welsh-English dictionary of Welsh idioms).

The major Standard historical dictionary of Welsh which was prepared by the University of Wales between 1921 and 2002. A second edition is in preparation and the whole of both editions is available online at http://geiriadur.ac.uk/gpc/gpc.html where it is possible to search for Welsh and English words and phrases.