anghywir
Sounds roughly like: ang-how-ear?
IPA: /aŋˈhəwɪr/ ?
CEFR band: A2
Welsh for Adults level: Sylfaen/Foundation
adjective
1. wrong in fact or according to an established standard
a. falsefactually incorrect
Mae llawer o ffeithiau anghywir yn y llyfr.
There are many incorrect facts in the book.
Mae'r llyfr yn rhoi darlun anghywir o'r byd.
The book gives a false view of the world.
b. incorrect according to precedent or policydeviating from what has been requested or prescribed
Mae'r llyfrau Cymraeg yn y lle anghywir.
The Welsh books are in the wrong place.
c. incorrect according to a plan, intention, or desired outcome
Cymerais i'r trên anghywir.
I toook the wrong train.
Dw i wedi cael y rhif ffôn anghywir.
I've got the wrong phone number.
d. mistakenmisguided
Dw i'n gobeithio fy mod i'n anghywir am ddyfodol ein byd.
I hope I'm mistaken about the future of our world.
2. wrong in subjective terms
a. unethicalunjust
Mae e'n credu fod rhyfel yn anghywir.
He believes that war is wrong.
b. inappropriateunsuitable
Dywedodd e'r peth anghywir.
He said the wrong thing.
Rwyt ti'n cael sylw am y rhesymau anghywir.
You're getting attention for the wrong reasons.
More about anghywir (click a category to expand...)
Roots?
an- (non- ) + cywir(correct)
Family?
cywir[adjective]
correct
Synonyms?
in sense 2
drwg (bad)
gwael (bad)
Antonyms?
cywir (correct)
da (good)
gwir (true)
iawn (correct / very)
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The project which inspired this dictionary was carried out by researchers at Cardiff University, in collaboration with the National Centre for Learning Welsh and the WJEC, and was funded by the Economic and Social Research Council's (ESRC) Impact Acceleration Account (IAA).

The dictionary entries and example sentences are based on data from CorCenCC, the National Corpus of Contemporary Welsh.

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