PARTS OF THE BACK

Meet Dafydd, he's standing here in his underwear so that you can learn the parts of the body in Welsh.
English/Welsh Wordlist including plurals and gender

ENGLISH / WELSH WORDLIST

English	Singular	Plural	Gender
ankle	migwrn	migyrnau	m
arm	braich	breichiau	f
armpit	cesail	ceseiliau	f
back	cefn	cefnau	m
bottom	pen ôl	penau ôl	m
buttock	ffolen	ffolennau	f
calf	croth coes	crothau coes	f
heel	sawdl	sodlau	m, f
leg	coes	coesau	f
neck	gwddf	gwddfau	m
shoulder	ysgwydd	ysgwyddau	f
shoulder-blade	palfais	palfeisiau	f
sole	gwadn	gwadnau	m
spine	asgwrn cefn	esgyrn cefn	m
skin	croen	crwyn	m

As a broad rule - gender of words associated with the body can be determined as to whether we have one, two or more than two.

If we have 1 or more than 2 they tend to be masculine. If we have 2 they tend to be feminine.

This doesn't always hold true but can help as a guide.

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