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Welsh word of the day
Mar. 12th, 2023 05:06 pmTrugareddau
Plural of 'trugaredd' meaning 'mercy'. So literally it means 'mercies' but it also has the colloquial meaning of 'bits and pieces', 'bric-a-brac'.
Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru shows 'trugaredd' being used for 'indulgentia' and 'venia' and also as the Welsh for 'misericordia' (compassion, mercy) making me think of course of misericords, the small ledge on carved wooden chairs used to provide a little support for the choir and clergy during long periods of standing in church services.
So trugareddau must have got its current meaning from the sense of 'graces, indulgences' – things that aren't essential but are nice to have.
The word showed up in an episode of Pobl a'u Gerddi* (People and their Gardens), and was said by actor and comedian Mici Plwm about the Egyptian lantern and decorated pots he keeps in the garden of his house near Pwllheli.
Initially, I misspelled this as Pobl a'i Gerddi, meaning People and her Gardens.
Plural of 'trugaredd' meaning 'mercy'. So literally it means 'mercies' but it also has the colloquial meaning of 'bits and pieces', 'bric-a-brac'.
Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru shows 'trugaredd' being used for 'indulgentia' and 'venia' and also as the Welsh for 'misericordia' (compassion, mercy) making me think of course of misericords, the small ledge on carved wooden chairs used to provide a little support for the choir and clergy during long periods of standing in church services.
So trugareddau must have got its current meaning from the sense of 'graces, indulgences' – things that aren't essential but are nice to have.
The word showed up in an episode of Pobl a'u Gerddi* (People and their Gardens), and was said by actor and comedian Mici Plwm about the Egyptian lantern and decorated pots he keeps in the garden of his house near Pwllheli.
Initially, I misspelled this as Pobl a'i Gerddi, meaning People and her Gardens.
