gwasanaeth

gwas (“servant”) +‎ -aeth (forming abstract nouns)

• (North Wales, standard) IPA^(key): /ɡwaˈsanaɨ̯θ/
  • (North Wales, colloquial) IPA^(key): /ɡwaˈsanɛθ/, /ɡwaˈsanaθ/
• (South Wales, standard) IPA^(key): /ɡwaˈsa(ː)nai̯θ/
  • (South Wales, colloquial) IPA^(key): /ɡwaˈsa(ː)nɛθ/
• Rhymes: -anaɨ̯θ

gwasanaeth m (plural gwasanaethau)

1. service, office, ministration

   Synonyms: gweinyddiaeth, safle, gweinidogaeth

2. service, duty

   Synonyms: dyletswydd, swydd

3. service, kindness

   Synonyms: defnydd, iws, lles, help

• Note that despite ending in -iaeth, this word is masculine. See camddealltwriaeth, gwahaniaeth, gwlybaniaeth and lluniaeth for similar rare examples of this.

• at wasanaeth (rhywun) (“at (someone's) service”)
• gwasanaeth angladd, gwasanaeth angladdol, gwasanaeth claddu (“funeral service”)
• gwasanaeth (y) bedydd (“baptism service”)
• Gwasanaeth Erlyn y Goron (“the Crown Prosecution Service”)
• gwasanaeth gwefus (“lip-service”)
• gwasanaeth iechyd (“health service”)
• Gwasanaeth Iechyd Gwladol (“the National Health Service”)
• gwasanaeth sifil (“civil service”)
• gwasanaeth y Cymun (“communion service”)

• D. G. Lewis, N. Lewis, editors (2005–present), “gwasanaeth”, in Gweiadur: the Welsh–English Dictionary, Gwerin
• R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke et al., editors (1950–present), “gwasanaeth”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies