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noun[C]; masculine noun; plural: gwelyau; often mutates to wely after certain possessives and prepositions
A bed; a piece of furniture or place used for sleeping or resting.
gwély
Etymology
Inherited Welsh word, found in Middle Welsh as gwely; cognate with Cornish gwely and Breton gwele.
Examples
Mae'r gwely yn gyfforddus.
Máe'r gwély yn gyffórddus.
The bed is comfortable.
Rhaid i mi wneud y gwely bob bore.
Rháid i mi wnéud y gwély bob bóre.
I have to make the bed every morning.
Aeth y plentyn i'w wely yn gynnar.
Áeth y pléntyn i'w wély yn gynnár.
The child went to bed early.
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