The purpose of this list is to give a rough idea of the Welsh language. The words listed below are not the most common words, but a broad sampling of words. See the Word Lists page for more details.

English Welsh I mi, fi you ti he ef, fe, fo we ni you

(plural) chwi, chi they hwy, hwynt, nhw this hwn, y … yma that hwnnw, y … yna here yma there yna who pwy what beth where ble when pryd how sut not dim all holl, i gyd many llawer some rhai, rhyw few ychydig other arall one un two dau three tri four pedwar five pump big mawr long hir wide llydan thick tew heavy trwm small bach, bychan short byr narrow cul thin tenau woman gwraig, merch, dynes, menyw man

(adult male) gŵr, dyn man

(human being) dyn child

(a youth) plentyn wife gwraig husband gŵr mother mam father tad animal anifail fish pysgodyn bird aderyn dog ci louse lleuen snake neidr, sarff worm abwydyn tree coeden, colfen, pren forest coedwig, fforest stick

(of wood) ffon fruit ffrwyth seed had leaf deilen root gwraidd bark

(of tree) rhisgl flower blodyn grass gwellt rope rhaff skin

(of a person) croen meat

(as in flesh) cig blood gwaed bone asgwrn fat

(noun) saim egg ŵy horn corn tail cynffon, llost feather

(rather not down) pluen hair blew, gwallt head pen ear clust eye llygad nose trwyn mouth ceg, genau tooth

(rather not molar) dant tongue tafod fingernail ewin foot troed leg coes knee glin, pen-glin hand llaw wing asgell, adenydd belly bol, bola guts perfedd neck gwddf, mwnwgl back cefn breast bron heart calon liver afu, iau to drink yfed to eat bwyta to bite cnoi, brathu to suck sugno to spit poeri to vomit chwydu to blow

(as wind) chwythu to breathe anadlu to laugh chwerthin to see gweld to hear clywed to know

(a fact) gwybod to think meddwl to smell

(sense odor) arogli, clywed arogl to fear ofni, bod ag ofn to sleep cysgu to live byw to die marw to kill lladd to fight ymladd, brwydro to hunt

(transitive) hela to hit taro to cut torri to split hollti to stab

(or stick) gwanu, trywanu to scratch

(an itch) cosi to dig cloddio, palu to swim nofio to fly hedfan to walk cerdded to come dod to lie

(as on one's side) gorwedd to sit eistedd to stand sefyll to turn

(change direction) troi to fall

(as in drop) cwympo, disgyn, syrthio to give rhoi to hold

(in one's hand) dal, dala to squeeze gwasgu to rub rhwbio to wash golchi to wipe sychu to pull tynnu to push gwthio to throw taflu to tie clymu, rhwymo to sew gwnïo to count rhifo to say siarad to sing canu to play chwarae to float nofio to flow llifo to freeze rhewi to swell chwyddo sun haul moon lleuad, lloer star seren water dŵr rain glaw river afon lake llyn sea

(as in ocean) môr salt halen stone maen, carreg sand tywod dust llwch earth

(as in soil) daear cloud cwmwl fog niwl sky wybren wind

(as in breeze) gwynt snow eira ice iâ smoke mwg fire tân ash lludu to burn

(intransitive) llosgi road ffordd mountain mynydd red coch, rhudd green glas, gwyrdd yellow melyn white gwyn black du night nos day

(daytime) dydd year blwyddyn warm

(as in weather) cynnes, twym cold

(as in weather) oer full llawn new newydd old hen good da, mad bad drwg rotten

(as, a log) braen, pwdr dirty brwnt, budr straight syth round crwn sharp

(as a knife) miniog, llym dull

(as a knife) pŵl smooth llyfn wet gwlyb dry

(adjective) sych right

(correct) iawn, cywir, certh near agos far pell right

(side) de left

(side) chwith at at, wrth in yn, mewn with

(accompanying) â, gan, gyda, efo and a if os, pe because achos, oherwydd name enw

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