castell

cestyll (plural)
castelli (plural)
castell
gastell (soft)
nghastell
chastell

From Middle Welsh castell, from Proto-Brythonic *kastell, from Latin castellum. Compare Breton kastell, Cornish kastel.


brenin

cy-noun

brenin m (plural brenhinoedd, feminine brenhines)

brenhinoedd (plural)
brenhines (feminine)
brenin
frenin (soft)
mrenin

From Middle Welsh brenhin, from Proto-Brythonic *brɨɣėntin, from Proto-Celtic *brigantīnos (“(someone) pre-eminent, outstanding”), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰerǵʰ-.


cath

cathod (plural)
cathau (plural)
cath
gath (soft)
nghath
chath

From Proto-Brythonic *kaθ, from Proto-Celtic *kattā.

(games, with definite article as y gath) tipcat


marchog

marchogion (plural)
marchog
farchog (soft)

From Middle Welsh marchawc, from Proto-Brythonic *marxọg, from Proto-Celtic *markākos. Equivalent to march + -og.


jac

cy-noun

jac m (plural jaciau or jacs, not mutable)


brenhines

breninesau (plural)
brenhines
frenhines (soft)
mrenhines


gwyddbwyll

/ˈɡwɨ̞ðbʊɨ̯ɬ/

/ˈɡʊi̯ðbʊi̯ɬ/

/ˈɡwɪðbʊi̯ɬ/

From Proto-Brythonic *gwɨðbuɨll, from Proto-Celtic *widukʷēslā (literally “wood intelligence”). By surface analysis, gwŷdd (“trees, wood”) + pwyll (“consideration, reason”). Compare Cornish gwydhbol, Breton gwezboell and also Irish ficheall, Scottish Gaelic fidhcheall, Manx feeal.


teyrn

cy-noun

teyrn m (plural teyrnedd or teyrniaid or teyrnion)

teyrnedd (plural)
teyrniaid (plural)
teyrnion (plural)
teyrn
deyrn (soft)
nheyrn
theyrn

From Middle Welsh teyrn, from Old Welsh *tigern, from Proto-Brythonic *tɨɣern, from Proto-Celtic *tigernos; compare Old Irish tigerna.


clybiau

clybiau
glybiau (soft)
nghlybiau
chlybiau


gôl

Borrowed from English goal. Doublet of gâl (“goal”, obsolete).


croesair

croesairiau (plural)
croesair
groesair (soft)
nghroesair
chroesair


gwerin

gwerinoedd (plural)
gwerin
werin (soft)
ngwerin

From Proto-Brythonic *gwörin (compare Old Breton guerin glossing Latin factiō, Middle Breton gueryn (“people”)), from Proto-Celtic *worīnā (compare Old Irish foirenn glossing factiō, modern Irish foireann (“staff, team”)).


esgob

esgobion (plural)
esgyb (plural)
esgob
hesgob (prothesis-h)

From Middle Welsh esgob, from Old Welsh escop, from Proto-Brythonic *eskob, a borrowing from Latin episcopus, from Ancient Greek ἐπίσκοπος (epískopos, “overseer”). Cognate with Cornish epskop, Breton eskob.


gwerinwr

gwerinwyr (plural)
gwerinwr
werinwr (soft)
ngwerinwr


siwt

cy-noun

siwt m or f (plural siwtiau, not mutable)

Borrowed from Middle English sute. Doublet of sut.


symudiad

symudiad m (plural symudiadau, not mutable)


siach

From siachmat, by analogy with English check from checkmate. A learned borrowing from Arabic شَاه مَاتَ (šāh māta), from Persian شاه مات (šâh mât, “the king [is] amazed”).


siachmat

cy-noun

siachmat m (plural siachmatau, not mutable)

Learned borrowing from Arabic شَاه مَاتَ (šāh māta), from Persian شاه مات (šâh mât, “the king [is] amazed”).


meillion

cy-noun

meillion f (collective, singulative meillionen)


pŵl

(games) a pool of billiards, an instance of playing billiards

(games) pool (cue sport played on a pool table; any gambling or commercial venture in which several persons join)


calonnau

calonnau
galonnau (soft)
nghalonnau
chalonnau


diemyntau

/d͡ʒɛˈməntɛ/


card chwarae

card chwarae m (plural cardiau chawarae)

cardiau chawarae (plural)
card chwarae
gard chwarae (soft)
nghard chwarae
chard chwarae