THE WELSH ACADEMY ENGLISH-WELSH DICTIONARY

Editor: Bruce Griffiths
Associate Editor: Dafydd Glyn Jones

pp lxxxi1710 273x200mm reprinted 2002 hardback
ISBN 0-7083-1186-5

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‘This fifth impression adds to the 1,800-odd pages of the main work a fourteen-page appendix of additions and emendations. The content of this appendix varies from correction of minor typographical errors which few readers would notice to the addition of a large number of new technical, jargonistic or colloquial words and phrases, such as zapper, snailmail, peacenik, proactive, laptop, jobsworth and makeover. The precision with which the corrections and additions are detailed in the appendix exemplifies yet again the excellence of the whole work.’ www.gwales.com

This volume represents the most comprehensive English-Welsh dictionary ever compiled. It opens up the immense resources of a language which not only carries a rich cultural heritage but is changing and adapting to meet increasing use in public administration, the media, education and commercial life. This dictionary is indispensable for learners and first-language speakers of Welsh alike and should find a place in homes, schools and offices throughout Wales and also in libraries and universities world-wide.

'It is awesome in extent, scholarship, editorial competence - and potential usefulness . . . The typography and layout are excellent . . . Libraries worldwide, schools and colleges, official institutions, and all with an interest in Welsh life, language and culture need this outstanding, impressive dictionary. (Reference Reviews)

'This is an ambitious, thorough-going and markedly successful work . . . splendidly copious . . . The amazing richness and variety of the vocabulary and idioms of Welsh, not least in locally coloured dialects, are exploited throughout. The comprehensive nature of the dictionary is truly surprising . . . Most importantly the dictionary is particularly strong in its detailed coverage of idioms, similes, proverbs, oaths and the like for both English and Welsh.' (Times Higher Education Supplement)

* Over 1750 pages * Synonyms * Illustrative quotations * Idioms * Accentuation * Specialist and technical terms * Regional variants * Literary and colloquial registers * Place-names and personal names

The University of Wales, Bangor, provided a home for the Welsh Academy's Dictionary Project. The Editor, Dr Bruce Griffiths, is a former member of staff at the Department of Modern Languages of that institution. Mr Dafydd Glyn Jones, the Associate Editor, is a Reader in the Department of Welsh.

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‘Bydd yn angenrheidiol i Gymry Cymraeg a dysgwyr fel ei gilydd ac yn hawlio ‘i le ymhob cartref, ysgol a swyddfa yng Nghymru, ac mewn llyfrgelloedd a phrifysgolion drwy’r byd.’ Cadwyn CYD

‘Hwn fydd y geiriadur Saesneg-Cymraeg safonol, ac mi fydd ei ddylanwad cymaint â hynny’n fwy ogerwydd y bydd cymaint o gyfieithwyr yn ei ddefnyddio.’ Gareth Bevan, Golygydd Geiriadur Prifysgol

Dyma'r geiriadur Saesneg-Cymraeg mwyaf cynhwysfawr erioed. Mae'n agor y drws i gyfoeth y Gymraeg wrth iddi addasu at ofynion meysydd newydd megis masnach a gweinyddiaeth, addysg a'r cyfryngau torfol. Bydd Geiriadur yr Academi yn angenrheidiol i Gymry Cymraeg a dysgwyr fel ei gilydd. Bydd yn hawlio'i le ymhob cartref, ysgol a swyddfa yng Nghymru, ac mewn llyfrgelloedd a phrifysgolion drwy'r byd.

* Dros 1750 o dudalennau * Geiriau cyfystyr * Dyfyniadau eglurhaol * Priod-ddulliau * Lleoliad yr acen * Termau arbenigol a thechnegol * Amrywiadau rhanbarthol * Yr iaith lenyddol a'r iaith lafar * Enwau lleoedd ac enwau personol

Darparwyd cartref ar gyfer Cynllun Geiriadur yr Academi gan Brifysgol Cymru, Bangor lle yr oedd y Golygydd, Dr Bruce Griffiths, yn darlithio ar y pryd yn yr Adran Ieithoedd Modern. Mae'r Golygydd Cyswllt, Mr Dafydd Glyn Jones, yn Ddarllenydd yn Adran y Gymraeg yno.