NOTE: while some attempt has been made to reflect the layout of each entry, what follows is text not images and so does not represent the exact appearance of the dictionary in question. Entries are quoted for review purposes only.
The Collins Spurrell Welsh Dictionary
price: £6.99 (£3.99 in Gem edition)
© HarperCollins Publishers 1991
eisiau nm want, need, lack
Y Geiriadur Newydd
price: £9.99 (£5.99 in Bach edition)
© Christopher Davies (Publishers) Ltd. 1987
eisiau, eg. angen, rhaid, diffyg, bod heb feddiant. NEED.
Y mae arnaf eisiau. I WANT.
The Welsh Learner’s Dictionary
price: £6.95 (£3.95 in mini edition)
© Heini Gruffudd/Y Lolfa Cyf. 1998
eisiau (m) [e-eeshaee] want
mae eisiau bwyd arna i I want food
mae e eisiau dod he wants to come
The [Oxford] Pocket Modern Welsh Dictionary
price: £9.99 ($16.95 in USA)
© Gareth King 2000
eisiau noun, masculine, functioning as verbnoun ! This word is variously pronounced isie, isio, ise, but never as spelt.
! Though usually functioning as a verbnoun, this word is a noun and does not use a linking yn with the verb bod – so dw i eisiau = I want (not *dw i’n eisiau). Not being a verbnoun, it has no stem, and therefore cannot take verb endings of any kind. Past reference is done with the imperfect: o’n i eisiau = I wanted, roedd y ferch eisiau... = the girl wanted...
- (functioning as verbnoun) = want
dych chi eisiau dod? = do you want to come?
pwy sy eisiau rhagor o °goffi? = who wants some more coffee?
o’n i eisiau cael gair â chi = I wanted to have a word with you
’swn i °ddim eisiau’ch rhwystro chi = I wouldn’t want to disturb you
=>moyn, =>am°
- (functioning as noun) = want; need
mae eisiau cynnal cyfarfod = a meeting needs to be held
mae eisiau dweud wrthyn nhw be’ ydy be’, on’d oes? = they need telling what’s what, don’t they?
oes eisiau dweud wrthi? = does she need to be told?
oes eisiau bwyd arnat ti? = are you hungry?
byddwn ni’n gweld eich eisiau = we’ll miss you
=>angen, =>rhaid
