Grammatical
Gender in Welsh
|
Bob Morris Jones
E-mail: bmj@aber.ac.uk
Some nouns are feminine or masculine and have
different meanings. The label feminine or masculine is used to refer to them.
|
noun |
feminine |
masculine |
|
bach |
'corner,
sharp turn' |
link,
hook' |
|
bas |
'faint,
fit' |
‘lowest
singing voice; foundation; chemical substance' |
|
brawd |
'judgement'
|
'son
to the same father or mother' |
|
carn |
'pile'
|
'hard
part of animal’s foot; part of knife or sword; host' |
|
cethlydd |
'cuckoo'
|
'singer,
warbler |
|
cledd |
‘left’
|
‘sword’
|
|
cog |
'cuckoo'
|
'cook'
|
|
copa |
peak,
top, crest |
|
|
corf |
‘horn
of saddle’ |
column,
support |
|
coron |
'crown'
|
'coin
of old money' |
|
cwtws |
‘tail’
|
'coelbren,
part’ |
|
cyhydedd |
'length
of line in poetry' |
'equator'
|
|
de |
'opposite
side to left' |
'opposite
to north' |
|
deau |
'opposite
side to length' |
'opposite
to north' |
|
ewyllys |
‘will,
legal document' |
'will,
wish' |
|
golwg |
'appearance,
view’ |
‘eyesight’ |
|
gwaith |
'time,
turn' |
'work,
workplace' |
|
gwarant |
'right,
legal document' |
'something
certain' |
|
gwayw |
'spear'
|
'pain,
ache' |
|
g?ydd |
'aderyn
mawr' |
'presenoldeb'
|
|
hem |
'hem'
|
'rivet'
|
|
iau |
'yoke'
|
‘Thursday
|
|
llif |
saw'
|
‘current’
|
|
llith |
‘reading,
writing’ |
‘animal
food; bait |
|
llwyn |
‘part
of the body - loins' |
'bush'
|
|
man |
' |
|
|
mil |
‘1000'
|
'donkey'
|
|
pâl |
'spade'
|
'marine
bird' |
|
pennor |
‘gate’
|
'head-dress,
helemt' |
|
porth |
'port,
harbour' |
‘door;
sustenance, support |
|
sadwrn |
‘Saturn’
|
‘Saturday’
|
|
sarn |
‘street’
|
'bedding
straw' |
|
swrn |
'ankle;
fetlock' |
‘reasonable
number’ |
|
ton |
'wave
in water' |
'unploughed
land' |
|
tor |
‘stomach’
|
‘tear,
break’ |
|
tuedd |
'tendency'
|
‘locality,
area’ |