Cymreig
Sounds roughly like: come-raig?rhymes with 'vague'.
IPA: /kəmˈrɛig/ ?
CEFR band: A2
Welsh for Adults level: Sylfaen/Foundation
adjective
relating to Wales, its people, or its culture
Barddoniaeth Gymreig yn yr iaith Saesneg.
Welsh poetry in the English language.
Dewch i drio bwyd a diod Cymreig!
Come to try Welsh food and drink!
More about Cymreig (click a category to expand...)
Roots?
Cymry + -eg(-ish)
Topics and themes?
Wales and Welsh culture
Cymraeg (Welsh)
Cymru (Wales)
Mutations
Gymreig?
Mae hon yn stori Gymreig iawn.
This is a very Welsh story.
Chymreig?
Llyfrau gwreiddiol a Chymreig.
Books that are original and Welsh.
Welsh or Welsh?

Centuries ago, Cymraeg and Cymreig were just two different spellings for the same word. Nowadays, however, it's standard to use Cymraeg for things relating to the Welsh language, and Cymreig for things relating to Welsh people and culture.

Mi wnewch chi astudio'r iaith Gymraeg a byw y bywyd Cymreig.

You'll study the Welsh language and live the Welsh life.

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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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