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cachgi (-gwn) nm coward; sneak

cachiad nm excretion; jiffy; coward

cachlyd adj befouled, dirty

cachu vb to defecate

cachwr (-wyr) nm coward; sneak; one who excretes

cad (-au, -oedd) nf battle; army, host

cadach (-au) nm cloth, kerchief, clout

cadair (-eiriau) nf chair, seat; cradle; udder

cadarn (cedyrn) adj strong, mighty; firm

cadarnhad nm affirmation, confirmation

cadarnhaol adj affirmative

cadarnhau vb to strengthen, to confirm

cadeirfardd (-feirdd) nm chaired bard

cadeirio vb to chair

cadeiriog adj chaired

cadeiriol adj pertaining to a chair, cathedral

cadeirydd (-ion) nm chairman

cadernid nm strength; stability

cadfarch (-feirch) nm war-horse

cadfridog (-ion) nm general

cadfwyall (-eill, -yll) nf battle-axe

cadlas (-lesydd) nf close, enclosure

cadlong (-au) nf warship, battleship

cadlys (-oedd) nf camp, headquarters

cadno (cadnoid, cadnawon) nm fox

cadnöes, cadnawes (-au) nf vixen

cadoediad (-au) nm armistice, truce

cadofydd (-ion) nm tactician, strategist

cadofyddiaeth nf tactics, strategy

cadofyddol adj tactical, strategic

cadw vb to keep, to preserve, to save; to hold; cadw’n heini to keep fit

cadwedig adj saved

cadwedigaeth nf salvation

cadw-mi-gei nm money-box

cadwraeth nf keeping; observance; conservation

cadwyn (-au, -i) nf chain

cadwyno vb to chain

cadwynog adj chained, in chains

caddug nm darkness; mist, fog

caddugo vb to darken, to obscure

cae (-au) nm field; fence, hedge; brooch

caead (-au) nm cover, lid ▶ adj shut, closed

caeadle (-oedd) nm enclosure

caeedig adj closed, fenced

cael vb to have; to get; to find

caen (-au) nf surface; peel; coating

caenen (-nau) nf layer, film, flake

caentach (-au) nf wrangle, grumbling ▶ vb to wrangle, to grumble

caenu vb to coat, to finish

caer (-au, ceyrydd) nf wall; castle; city

Caerdydd nf Cardiff

Caeredin nf Edinburgh

caeriwrch nm roebuck

caerog adj walled, fortified; brocaded

Caersalem nf Jerusalem

caeth adj bound, captive, confined ▶ nm (-ion) bondman, slave; caeth i gyffuriau addicted to drugs

caethder nm strictness; restraint; asthma

caethfab (-feibion) nm slave

caethfasnach nf slave-trade

caethferch (-ed) nf slave

caethforwyn (-forynion) nf slave

caethglud nf captivity

caethgludiad (-au) nm captivity

caethgludo vb to lead captive

caethiwed nm slavery, bondage, captivity, detention

caethiwo vb to bind, to confine, to enslave

caethiwus adj confining; confined, tied

caethlong (-au) nf slave-ship

caethwas (-weision) nm slave

caethwasanaeth, caethwasiaeth nm slavery

cafell (-au) nf cell; sanctuary, oracle

cafn (-au) nm trough, gutter

cafnedd nm concavity

cafnio, cafnu vb to hollow out, to scoop, to gouge

cafod see cawod

caffael vb to get, to obtain

caffaeledd nm availability; acquisitiveness

caffaeliad (-au) nm acquisition, asset; prey, spoil

caffe (-s), caffi (-s) nm café, restaurant; caffe rhyngrwyd internet café, cybercafé

caffio vb to snatch, to grapple

cafflo vb to cheat; to entangle

cagl nm clotted dirt

caglu vb to befoul, to bedraggle

cangell (-hellau) nf chancel

cangelloriaeth nf chancellorship

cangen (-hennau) nf branch, bough

canghellor (cangellorion) nm chancellor

canghennog adj branching

canghennu vb to branch, to ramify

caib (ceibiau) nf pickaxe, mattock

cail (ceiliau) nf sheepfold, flock of sheep

caill (ceilliau) nf testicle

cain adj fair, fine, elegant

cainc (cangau, ceinciau) nf branch; strand; strain

cais (ceisiadau) nm application; attempt; try

cal, cala (-iau) nf penis

calan (-nau) nm first day of month; Dydd Calan New Year’s Day

calcwlws (calcwli) nm calculus

calch nm lime

calchaidd adj calcareous

calchbibonwy nm stalactite

calchbost (-byst) nm stalagmite

calchen nf limestone; lump of lime

calchfaen (-feini) nm limestone

calcho, calchu vb to lime

caled adj hard; severe; harsh; dry

caledfwrdd nm hardboard

caledi nm hardness; hardship

caledu vb to harden, to dry

caledwch nm hardness

calen (-nau, -ni) nf whetstone; bar

calendr nm calendar

calennig nmf New Year’s gift

calon (-nau) nf heart

calondid nm encouragement

calon-dyner adj tender-hearted

calon-galed adj hard-hearted

calon-galedwch nm hard-heartedness

calonnog adj hearty; high-spirited

calonogi vb to hearten, to encourage

calori (-ïau) nm calorie

calsiwm nm calcium

call adj wise, sensible, rational

callestr (cellystr) nf flint

callineb nm wisdom, sense

cam1 (-au) nm step

cam2 adj crooked, wry; wrong ▶ nm (-au) injury, wrong

cam- prefix wrong, mis-

camarfer vb to misuse, to abuse ▶ nmf (-ion) misuse, malpractice

camargraff nfm wrong impression

camarwain vb to mislead

camarweiniol adj misleading

Cambodia nf Cambodia

cambren (-ni) nm swingletree

camchwarae nm foul play

camdafliad (-au) nm foul throw

camdaflu vb to foul throw

camder, camdra nm crookedness

cam-drefn nf disorder

camdreuliad nm indigestion

camdreulio vb to mis-spend

cam-drin vb to ill-treat, to abuse

camdriniaeth (-au) nf ill-treatment

camdystiolaeth (-au) nf false witness

camdystiolaethu vb to bear false witness

camddeall vb to misunderstand

camddealltwriaeth nm misunderstanding

camddefnydd nm misuse

camddefnyddio vb to misuse

camedd nm bend, curvature; camedd y droed instep; camedd y gar knee-joint

cameg (-au, cemyg) nf felloe

camel (-od) nm camel

camenw (-au) nm misnomer

camenwi vb to misname

camera (camerâu) nm camera; camera digidol digital camera; camera fideo video camera

camfa (-feydd) nf stile

camfarnu vb to misjudge

camgred (-oau, -au) nf misbelief, heresy

camgredu vb to misbelieve

camgredwr (-wyr) nm heretic

camgwl nm penalty, fine; blame

camgyfrif vb to miscalculate

camgyhuddiad (-au) nm false accusation

camgyhuddo vb to accuse falsely

camgymeriad (-au) nm mistake

camgymryd vb to mistake, to err

camlas (-lesi, -lesydd) nfm canal

camliwio vb to misrepresent

camochri vb to be offside

camog (-au) nf felloe

camp (-au) nf feat, exploit; game; prize

campfa (-feydd) nf gymnasium

campus adj excellent, splendid, grand

campwaith (-weithiau) nm masterpiece, feat

campwr (-wyr) nm champion

camre nm walk, footstep(s)

camsyniad (-au) nm mistake

camsynied vb to mistake

camsyniol adj mistaken

camu1 vb to bow, to bend, to stoop

camu2 vb to step, to stride

camwedd (-au) nm iniquity, transgression

camweddu vb to transgress

camwri nm injury, wrong

camymddwyn vb to misbehave

camymddygiad (-au) nm misconduct

can adj white ▶ nm flour

cân (caniadau, caneuon) nf song

canabis nm cannabis

Canada nf Canada

cancr nm canker; cancer

cancro vb to canker, to corrode

candryll adj shattered, wrecked

canfasio vb to canvass

canfed adj hundredth

canfod vb to see, to perceive, to behold

canfyddadwy adj perceptible

canfyddiad nm perception

canhwyllbren (canwyllbrenni, -au) nmf candlestick

canhwyllwr (canhwyllwyr) nm chandler

caniad1 nm singing; ringing; crowing

caniad2 (-au) nf song, poem

caniadaeth nf singing, psalmody

caniatâd nm leave, permission, consent

caniataol adj permissive; granted

caniatáu vb to permit, to allow

caniedydd (-ion) nm singer, songster; song-book

canlyn vb to follow, to pursue

canlyniad (-au) nm consequence, result

canlynol adj following, consequent

canlynwr (-wyr) nm follower

canllaw (-iau) nfm hand-rail, parapet, aid

canmlwyddiant nm centenary

canmol vb to praise, to commend

canmoladwy adj praiseworthy

canmoliaeth (-au) nf praise, commendation

canmoliaethus adj eulogistic, complimentary

cannaid adj white, bright, luminous

cannu vb to whiten, to bleach

cannwr (canwyr) nm bleacher

cannwyll (canhwyllau) nf candle

canol adj, nm (-au) middle, centre, midst; canol y ddinas city centre

canolbarth (-au) nm middle part, midland

canolbwynt (-iau) nm centre, focus

canolbwyntio vb to centre, to concentrate

canoldir (-oedd) nm inland region

canolddydd nm mid-day, noon

canolfan (-nau) nmf centre; canolfan chwaraeon sports centre; canolfan galwadau call centre; canolfan iechyd health centre; canolfan ymwelwyr visitor centre

canoli vb to centre; to arbitrate; to centralize

canolig adj middling

canoloesol adj mediaeval

canolog adj central

canolradd (-ol) adj intermediate

canolwr (-wyr) nm mediator, referee; centre half, centre; canolwr blaen centre forward

canon1 (-au) nfm canon (music)

canon2 (-iaid) nm canon (priest)

canonaidd adj canonical

canoneiddio vb to canonize

canoniaeth (-au) nf canonry

canonwr (-wyr) nm canon, canonist

canradd (-au) adj, nf centigrade, percentile

canran (-nau) nm percentage

canrif (-oedd) nf century

cansen (-ni) nf cane

canser nm cancer

canslo vb to cancel

cant1 (-au) nm circle, ring, rim; tyre

cant2 (cannoedd) nm hundred

cantel (-au) nm rim, brim

cantîn (cantinoedd) nf canteen

cantor (-ion) nm singer

cantores (-au) nf songstress, singer

cantref (-i, -ydd) nm hundred

cantwr (-orion) nm singer, songster

cantwraig nf songstress, singer

canu vb to sing, to chant; to play; to crow; to ring ▶ nm, canu gwlad country music

canŵ (-od) nm canoe

canŵa vb to canoe, to go canoeing ▶ nm canoeing

canŵo vb to canoe

canwr (-wyr) nm singer

canwriad (-iaid) nm centurion

canwyr (-au, -ion) nm plane (in carpentry)

canys conj because, for

cap (-iau) nm cap

capan (-au) nm cap; lintel

capel (-i, -ydd, -au) nm chapel

capelwr (-wyr) nm chapel-goer

caplan (-iaid) nm chaplain

caplaniaeth (-au) nf chaplaincy

capteiniaeth nf captaincy

capten (-einiaid) nm captain

car (ceir) nm car; car campau sports car; car cefn codi hatchback; car llog hire car

câr (ceraint) nm friend; relation

carafán (-nau) nf caravan

carbohydrad (-au) nm carbohydrate

carbon (-au) adj, nm carbon

carbwl adj clumsy, awkward

carco vb to take care

carcus adj solicitous, anxious, careful

carchar (-au) nm prison; restraint

carchardy (-dai) nm prison-house

carchariad nm imprisonment

carcharor (-ion) nm prisoner

carcharu vb to imprison

carden (cardiau) nf card

cardigan (-au) nf cardigan

cardod (-au) nf charity, alms, dole

cardota vb to beg

cardotyn (-wyr) nm beggar

cardydwyn, cardodwyn nm weakest of brood or litter

caredig adj kind

caredigrwydd nm kindness

caregog adj stony

caregu vb to stone; to petrify; to gather stones

carennydd nm friendship; kinship

caretsen (carets) nf carrot

carfaglog adj clumsy

carfan (-au) nf beam; swath; party, faction

cariad1 (-au) nm love

cariad2 (-au, -on) nm lover, sweetheart

cariadfab nm lover, sweetheart

cariadferch nf sweetheart, mistress

cariadlawn adj full of love, loving

cariadus adj loving, beloved, dear

caridým (-s) nm ragamuffin

cario vb to carry, to bear

carismatig adj charismatic

cariwr nm carrier; y Cariwr Dŵr Aquarius

carlam (-au) nm prance, gallop

carlamu vb to prance, to gallop

carlwm (-lymod) nm ermine, stoat

carn1 (-au) nm hoof; hilt, haft, handle

carn2 (-au), carnedd (-au) nf cairn

cárnifal nm carnival

carniforus adj carnivorous

carnog, carnol adj hoofed

carol (-au) nmf carol

carp (-iau) nm clout, rag