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Welsh word

sylwedd

substance

nounmasculine/ˈsəlwɛð/

sylwedd means “substance” in Welsh and is used as a noun. Its recorded IPA pronunciation is /ˈsəlwɛð/.

sylwedd in context

Nid oes gennyf friff yma yn dweud wrthyf fod unrhyw newidiadau o sylwedd, felly rydw i'n mynd i gredu nad oes unrhyw newidiadau o sylwedd.

I don't have a briefing here telling me that there are any substantive changes, so I'm going to go with there are no substantive changes.

C1

Yn ail, o ran craffu gan y Senedd, mae perygl yma y gallai Gweinidogion—presennol, neu yn wir yn y dyfodol—ddefnyddio'r mecanwaith hwn i gyflwyno newidiadau o sylwedd gydag ychydig iawn o drafodaeth neu graffu.

Secondly, in regard to Senedd scrutiny, there is a risk here that Ministers—present, or indeed future—could use this mechanism to introduce substantive changes with limited debate or scrutiny.

C1

Roedd arnaf i eisiau gofyn i chi sut rydym ni'n sicrhau bod pawb yn deall beth yw swm a sylwedd cynhyrchion sy'n gyfeillgar i'r amgylchedd.

I just wanted to ask you about how we ensure that everybody understands what environmentally friendly products are all about.

B2

Ond gadewch i mi droi at y sylwedd.

But let me turn to the substance.

B1

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