Ab, (or Ap,) the son of. Aber, the junction of a river with the sea. Allt, a hill; a mutation of gallt. Annedd, a dwelling place. Am, about. Ar, upon. Arvon, bordering upon MÔn, or Anglesey. Ardal, a region. Argae, an embankment. Avon, a river. BÂch, little; when joined to a substantive feminine, it is written vÂch. Bala, an outlet. Ban, high, lofty. Plur. banau, heights, or eminences. Banc, a bank. BÂs, shallow. Bedd, a grave. Blaen, a point, upper end, or extremity. BÔd, an abode, residence, habitation. BÔn, the base. Braenar, fallow land. Braich, an arm. BrÎg, top, summit. BrÎth, speckled, mottled. Bron, a breast, the slope of a hill. Bryn, a hill, or mount. Pl. bryniau. Buwch, a cow. Bwlch, a pass, or defile. Pl. bylchau. CÂd, battle, war. Cader, a chair. Cae, a field. Pl. caeau. Caer, a fortress, or fortified town. Cantrev, a district containing 100 townships. A canton, a hundred. Capel, a chapel. Careg, a stone. Pl. ceryg. Carn, a heap of stones. The hoof of a horse. Carnedd, a heap of stones. Pl. carneddau. Castell, a castle. Pl. cestyll. Ceulan, bank of a river. Cevn, the bank, ridge of a hill. CÎl, a recess. Cilvach, a small recess. Clawdd, a hedge, dyke. Clawdd Offa, Offa’s dyke. Clogwyn, a precipice. CÔch, red. Coed, trees. Sing. coeden, a tree. CÔr, a circle, a choir. Bangor, high choir. Corlan, a sheepfold. Cors, a bog, or fen. Craig, a rock, a crag. Pl. creigiau. Croes, a cross. Crug, a hillock. Pl. crugion. Cwm, a valley, dingle, glen. Cymmer, the junction of two rivers. Dau, two. Dehau, south, the right side. Din, dinas, a city, a fort, a fortified place on a hill. DÔl, a meadow. Drws, a doorway. Du, black; hence dwrdu, the river Dee; literally, Black-water. Dwy, two. (fem.) Eglwys, a church. Erw, an acre. Esgair, a leg, a long ridge of mountain. Fordd, a road. Fynnon, a fountain, a well. Gaer, a mutation of caer, as y gaer, the fortress. Gallt, a hill; in construction, allt. Gardd, a garden. Garth, a promontory. Gelli, a grove of hazels. Glan, the brink, bank; glan y mÔr, the sea side. GlÂs, blue, grey, green. Glyn, a glen. Gorsav, a station, stand. Grug, heath. Gwaelod, a bottom. Gwaen, a large plain. Gwern, watery meadow. Alder. Gwydd, wood. Gwyn, white. Fem. gwen, wen. Gwyrdd, green. Fem. gwerdd, werdd. Havod, a summer dwelling. Hen, old. Hendre, old mansion. Heol, a street. Hir, long. IÂl, open country. Is, lower. Isav, lowest. Llain, a long piece. Llan, a church; a village with a church. Llawr, a floor. Llech, a flat stone, slate, slab. Lluest, an encampment. Llwyd, grey, hoary. Llwyn, a grove, a bush, a copse. Llyn, a lake, pool. Llys, a court, a palace. Maen, a stone. Pl. meini. Maenor, a manor. Maes, an open field. Mall, bad, rotten. Man, a place. Mawn, peat. Mawnog, a turbary. Mawr, great, large. Melin, a mill. Melyn, yellow. Merthyr, a martyr. Moel, bald, bare; a bare hill. MÔn, Anglesey. MÔr, the sea. Morva, a marsh. Mynach, a monk. Mynydd, a mountain. Nant, a brook, ravine, glen. Neuadd, a hall. Newydd, new. Ochr, a side. Pant, a hollow. Parth, a division, a part. Pen, a head. Penmaen, a promontory, a rocky head. Penrhyn, a promontory, a cape. Pentrev, a village, a hamlet. Perth, a brake, a thornbush. Pistyll, a spout of water. PlÂs, a mansion, a hall. Plwyv, a parish. Pont, a bridge. Porth, a gate, a ferry. Pwll, a pit, a pool. Rhaiadr, a cataract, a waterfall. Rhiw, a slope. RhÔs, a moor. Rhudd, crimson, ruddy. Rhyd, a ford. Rhydycroesau, the ford of the Crosses. Sarn, a causeway. Serth, steep, abrupt. Swydd, an office, a county. Tal, the head or front. Talcen, the forehead. Tervyn, the boundary. Tir, the earth. Tommen, a tumulus. Traeth, a sand. Trev, a town. Tri, three. Troed, a foot. Pl. traed, feet. Trwyn, a nose. Twr, a tower. Ty, a house. Pl. Tai, houses. Tyddyn, a farm. Tywyn, a strand, a sandy shore. Uchav, highest. Uwch, higher. Y, the. Yn, in. Ynys, an island. Yspytty, a hospital. Ystlys, the side, the flank. Ystrad, a flat, a vale. Ystum, a bend. Ystwyth, flexible. |