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cawn

reeds

NounMasculine (gwrywaidd)C2/kau̯n/

"cawn" means "reeds" in Welsh (masculine noun). Pronounced /kau̯n/. Mutation forms: Treiglad Meddal → gawn, Treiglad Trwynol → nghawn, Treiglad Llaes → chawn.

Mutation forms

In Welsh, the first letter of "cawn" changes depending on the grammatical context. These are the mutated forms:

MutationForm
Base formcawn
Treiglad Meddalgawn
Treiglad Trwynolnghawn
Treiglad Llaeschawn

"cawn" in context

Hyd nes y cawn ragor o wybodaeth i redeg y setliad gyda'r data wedi'i ddiweddaru, a'r amcangyfrifon poblogaeth yw'r data mwyaf arwyddocaol, ni allwn ystyried yr effaith ar ddosbarthiad y setliad.

Until we have more information to run the settlement with the updated data, the most significant being the population estimates, we can't consider the impact on the settlement distribution.

C1

Felly, dyma ni, dros ddwy flynedd ers sefydlu'r pwyllgor diben arbennig, a dim ond nawr y cawn ei ganfyddiadau ar fodiwl a ddylai fod, ar bapur, y mwyaf didrafferth i'w gyflawni.

So, here we are, over two years on since the special purpose committee was established, and it’s only now we’re receiving its findings on a module that, on paper, should have been the most straightforward to achieve.

C1

Os cawn y newid hwn yn anghywir, nid tanseilio ffermio'n unig a wnawn, rydym yn bygwth gwead cefn gwlad Cymru.

If we get this transition wrong, we're not just undermining farming, we threaten the very fabric of rural Wales.

C1

Cawn ni weld sut mae amser yn mynd.

We'll see how time goes.

A2

Further reading

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