#deuryw

Did you know that 2023 marks 50 years since lesbian and bi entered the Welsh language?

I hope 'term anniversaries' can help raise awareness of Welsh LGBTQ+ term history!

Happy 50 yrs deuryw & lesbiad!

Y llyfr heddiw yw 'Geiriadur Termau' gan Jac L. Williams, a gyhoeddwyd yn 1973.

Mae'r llyfr hwn yn bwysig iawn ar gyfer terminoleg LGBT+ yn yr iaith Gymraeg. Crëwyd y geiriadur ar gyfer addysg Gymraeg mewn amrywiol bynciau, er enghraifft: Daearyddiaeth, Mathemateg, Bioleg, Ffiseg, Addysg Gorfforol ayyb. Ar gyfer rhai o'r pynciau, crëwyd termau newydd fel 'lesbiad' a 'deuryw', 'lesbian' a 'bisexual' yn Saesneg.

Flwyddyn yn ôl, roedd y geiriau hyn yn 50 oed.

Ydych chi wedi darllen y llyfr hwn?

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Today's book is 'Geiriadur Termau' by Jac L. Williams, published in 1973.

This book is very important for LGBT+ terminology in the Welsh language. The dictionary was created for Welsh education in various subjects, for example: Geography, Mathematics, Biology, Physics, Physical Education etc. For some of the subjects, new terms were created such as 'lesbiad' and 'deuryw', 'lesbian' and 'bisexual' in English.

A year ago, these words were 50 years old.

LGBT+ History Month 2023: Word of the day #3-Bisexual

Deurywiol

(adj. Bisexual)

In a similar way to the English term bisexual, Deurywiol had long been used in Welsh to mean 'dually sexed' (an archaic way to refer to intersexuality). That is, until 1973, when in Y Geiriadur Termau, a variation of the term (Deuryw) appeared, referring to sexuality for the first time in Welsh.

Similarly to Lesbiaidd, Deurywiol got it's first dictionary usage in the early 70s. This is closely followed by another variant (Deurywiog) used in Y Geiriadur Bach in 1974. (These instances and more are recorded in my blog post here).

Bisexual terminology is present in Welsh dictionaries in the 80s, however, the frequency of its appearances drops during this period.

Usage picks up again in the 90s and in 1995 Geiriadur yr Academi includes several pieces of bisexual terminology (Deuryw, Deurywiol, Deurywiog) bisexual, (Deurywiad/Deurywiaid) a bisexual/bisexuals, (Deurywioldeb) bisexuality, and (yn ddeurywiol) in bisexual(ity).