teml
Sounds roughly like: tem-ull?
IPA: /ˈtɛml̩/ ?
CEFR band: A1
Welsh for Adults level: Mynediad/Entry
nounfeminine (pl.temlau)
1. temple
a. a place for religious worship (used most commonly to refer to Buddhist, Hindu, Jewish, or Sikh buildings, or to the buildings of ancient polytheistic religions)
Roedd y temlau Bwdhaidd yn hyfryd.
The Buddhist temples were beautiful.
Roedd teml y dduwies Diana yn Ephesus.
The temple of the goddess Diana was in Ephesus.
b. one of the former chief temples dedicated to the Jewish deity in Jerusalem
Addawodd ailgodi'r Deml .
He promised to rebuild the Temple.
Dyma safle teml Solomon.
This is the site of Solomon's temple.
2.
figurative
a secular place dedicated to a philosophy, activity, or subject (which is indicated by a qualifying word or phrase)
Teml i fwyd Eidalaidd.
A temple to Italian food.
Adeiladodd y Deml Heddwch ac Iechyd yng Nghaerdydd.
He built the Temple of Peace and Health in Cardiff.
More about teml (click a category to expand...)
Roots?
From Latin templum
Connections?
Englishtemple
Irishteampall temple
Topics and themes?
religious buildings
capel (chapel)
eglwys (church)
mosg (mosque)
synagog (synagogue)
Mutations
deml(pl. demlau)?
Roedd gwasanaeth mawr yn y deml.
There was a major service in the temple.
nheml(pl. nhemlau)?
Cyfarfod yn Nheml Heddwch Caerdydd.
A meeting in Cardiff's Temple of Peace.
theml(pl. themlau)?
Bydd e'n ymweld â theml Sikh.
He will visit a Sikh temple.
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