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Learning the Welsh Feminine displayed below is vital to the language. Welsh feminine refers to female qualities attributed specifically to women and girls or things considered feminine. The complement to feminine is masculine.
To form a feminine word from the masculine in Welsh, you simply add (-es) or (-wraig). If the masculine word ends in ‘-wr’ you simply use ‘-wraig’ instead of ‘-wr’. For example ‘dawnsiwr’ (dancer) becomes ‘dawnswraig’. In most other cases you add ‘-es’ to the masculine version.For example ‘ysgrifennydd’ (secretary) becomes ‘ysgrifenyddes’. Other masculine words have completely different feminine forms. For example ‘mab’ (son) becomes ‘merch’ (daughter).
Here are some examples:
| English Feminine | Welsh Feminine |
|---|---|
| Feminine | Benywaidd |
| he is happy | ei fod yn hapus |
| she is happy | ei bod yn fodlon |
| he is American | ei fod yn America |
| she is American | hi yn America |
| man | dyn |
| woman | fenyw |
| father | tad |
| mother | mam |
| brother | brawd |
| sister | chwaer |
| uncle | ewythr |
| aunt | modryb |
| bull | tarw |
| cow | buwch |
| boy | bachgen |
| girl | merch |
Notice the structure of the Feminine in Welsh.
Below is a list of objects, can you determine whether they're feminine, masculine or plural in Welsh? Memorizing this table will also help you add very useful and important words to your Welsh vocabulary.
| English Vocabulary | Welsh Vocabulary |
|---|---|
| objects | gwrthrychau |
| bathroom | ystafell ymolchi |
| bed | gwely |
| bedroom | ystafell wely |
| ceiling | nenfwd |
| chair | cadeirydd |
| clothes | dillad |
| coat | cot |
| cup | cup |
| desk | desg |
| dress | ffrog |
| floor | llawr |
| fork | fforc |
| furniture | dodrefn |
| glass | gwydr |
| hat | het |
| house | ty |
| ink | inc |
| jacket | siaced |
| kitchen | cegin |
| knife | cyllell |
| lamp | lamp |
| letter | llythyr |
| map | map |
| newspaper | papur newydd |
| notebook | notebook |
| pants | pants |
| paper | papur |
| pen | pen |
| pencil | pensil |
| pharmacy | fferyllfa |
| picture | llun |
| plate | Plât |
| refrigerator | oergell |
| restaurant | bwyty |
| roof | to |
| room | ystafell |
| rug | mat |
| scissors | siswrn |
| shampoo | siampŵ |
| shirt | Crys |
| shoes | esgidiau |
| soap | sebon |
| socks | Sanau |
| spoon | lwy |
| table | tabl |
| toilet | toiled |
| toothbrush | brws dannedd |
| toothpaste | past dannedd |
| towel | liain |
| umbrella | ymbarél |
| underwear | isaf |
| wall | wal |
| wallet | waled |
| window | window |
| telephone | dros y ffôn |
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