"Ymddeol"

Translation: To retire

[BruceF.]

I like seeing how this verb uses the reflexive "ym" to change "deol" (expulsion) into ymddeol, (retirement)!

[JamesTWils]

As in to quit work in one's old age or to go to bed?

[EllisVaughan]

I've only ever seen it used to mean "To stop working" and from what I get from Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru that is the only use for it.

[cathteg]

Could there not be some consistency applied to whether 'to' is required in front of verbs? Diolch.

[EllisVaughan]

There should be. Verbnouns (the dictionary form in Welsh) in isolation are translated either as 'To X' or as 'Xing'.

[cromerty]

Doesn't this also mean retirement?

[ibisc]

• ymddeoliad - retirement

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