"byghan" meaning in All languages combined

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Adjective [Cornish]

IPA: /ˈbɪxən/ Forms: byghanna [comparative], le [comparative], lyha [superlative], no-table-tags [table-tags], byghan [unmutated], vyghan [soft], pyghan [error-unrecognized-form], fyghan [mixed], vyghan [after-th, mutation-mixed]
Etymology: From Proto-Brythonic *bɨx, from Proto-Celtic *biggos. Cognate with Breton bihan, Irish and Scottish Gaelic beag, Manx beg, and Welsh bach, bychan. Etymology templates: {{inh|kw|cel-bry-pro|*bɨx}} Proto-Brythonic *bɨx, {{inh|kw|cel-pro|*biggos}} Proto-Celtic *biggos, {{cog|br|bihan}} Breton bihan, {{cog|ga,gd|beag}} Irish and Scottish Gaelic beag, {{cog|gv|beg}} Manx beg, {{cog|cy|bach,bychan}} Welsh bach, bychan Head templates: {{head|kw|adj|comparative|byghanna|or|le|superlative|lyha}} byghan (comparative byghanna or le, superlative lyha)
  1. little
    Sense id: en-byghan-kw-adj-GAygG5Xw Categories (other): Cornish entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Cornish entries with incorrect language header: 50 50
  2. small
    Sense id: en-byghan-kw-adj-gduOu7vG Categories (other): Cornish entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Cornish entries with incorrect language header: 50 50
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Categories (other): Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 0 0 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 0 0 Derived forms: bara byghan (english: bread roll), Breten Vyghan (english: Brittany), byghanhe (english: reduce) [verb], bys byghan (english: little finger, pinky), flogh byghan (english: toddler, baby), gevel vyghan (english: tweezers), Huk Vyghan Rudh (english: Little Red Riding Hood), lavrek byghan (english: underwear), margh byghan (english: colt, foal, pony), pyg byghan (english: runt), tiek byghan (english: peasant)

Inflected forms

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  "categories": [
    {
      "_dis": "0 0",
      "kind": "other",
      "name": "Pages with 1 entry",
      "parents": [],
      "source": "w+disamb"
    },
    {
      "_dis": "0 0",
      "kind": "other",
      "name": "Pages with entries",
      "parents": [],
      "source": "w+disamb"
    }
  ],
  "derived": [
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "english": "bread roll",
      "word": "bara byghan"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "english": "Brittany",
      "word": "Breten Vyghan"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "english": "reduce",
      "tags": [
        "verb"
      ],
      "word": "byghanhe"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "english": "little finger, pinky",
      "word": "bys byghan"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "english": "toddler, baby",
      "word": "flogh byghan"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "english": "tweezers",
      "word": "gevel vyghan"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "english": "Little Red Riding Hood",
      "word": "Huk Vyghan Rudh"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "english": "underwear",
      "word": "lavrek byghan"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "english": "colt, foal, pony",
      "word": "margh byghan"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "english": "runt",
      "word": "pyg byghan"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "english": "peasant",
      "word": "tiek byghan"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "kw",
        "2": "cel-bry-pro",
        "3": "*bɨx"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Brythonic *bɨx",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "kw",
        "2": "cel-pro",
        "3": "*biggos"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Celtic *biggos",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "br",
        "2": "bihan"
      },
      "expansion": "Breton bihan",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ga,gd",
        "2": "beag"
      },
      "expansion": "Irish and Scottish Gaelic beag",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "gv",
        "2": "beg"
      },
      "expansion": "Manx beg",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "cy",
        "2": "bach,bychan"
      },
      "expansion": "Welsh bach, bychan",
      "name": "cog"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Proto-Brythonic *bɨx, from Proto-Celtic *biggos. Cognate with Breton bihan, Irish and Scottish Gaelic beag, Manx beg, and Welsh bach, bychan.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "byghanna",
      "tags": [
        "comparative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "le",
      "tags": [
        "comparative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "lyha",
      "tags": [
        "superlative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "mutation",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "byghan",
      "source": "mutation",
      "tags": [
        "unmutated"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "vyghan",
      "source": "mutation",
      "tags": [
        "soft"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "pyghan",
      "source": "mutation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "fyghan",
      "source": "mutation",
      "tags": [
        "mixed"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "vyghan",
      "source": "mutation",
      "tags": [
        "after-th",
        "mutation-mixed"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "kw",
        "2": "adj",
        "3": "comparative",
        "4": "byghanna",
        "5": "or",
        "6": "le",
        "7": "superlative",
        "8": "lyha"
      },
      "expansion": "byghan (comparative byghanna or le, superlative lyha)",
      "name": "head"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Cornish",
  "lang_code": "kw",
  "pos": "adj",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "50 50",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Cornish entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "little"
      ],
      "id": "en-byghan-kw-adj-GAygG5Xw",
      "links": [
        [
          "little",
          "little"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "50 50",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Cornish entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "small"
      ],
      "id": "en-byghan-kw-adj-gduOu7vG",
      "links": [
        [
          "small",
          "small"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈbɪxən/"
    }
  ],
  "word": "byghan"
}
{
  "categories": [
    "Cornish adjectives",
    "Cornish entries with incorrect language header",
    "Cornish lemmas",
    "Cornish terms derived from Proto-Brythonic",
    "Cornish terms derived from Proto-Celtic",
    "Cornish terms inherited from Proto-Brythonic",
    "Cornish terms inherited from Proto-Celtic",
    "Pages with 1 entry",
    "Pages with entries"
  ],
  "derived": [
    {
      "english": "bread roll",
      "word": "bara byghan"
    },
    {
      "english": "Brittany",
      "word": "Breten Vyghan"
    },
    {
      "english": "reduce",
      "tags": [
        "verb"
      ],
      "word": "byghanhe"
    },
    {
      "english": "little finger, pinky",
      "word": "bys byghan"
    },
    {
      "english": "toddler, baby",
      "word": "flogh byghan"
    },
    {
      "english": "tweezers",
      "word": "gevel vyghan"
    },
    {
      "english": "Little Red Riding Hood",
      "word": "Huk Vyghan Rudh"
    },
    {
      "english": "underwear",
      "word": "lavrek byghan"
    },
    {
      "english": "colt, foal, pony",
      "word": "margh byghan"
    },
    {
      "english": "runt",
      "word": "pyg byghan"
    },
    {
      "english": "peasant",
      "word": "tiek byghan"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "kw",
        "2": "cel-bry-pro",
        "3": "*bɨx"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Brythonic *bɨx",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "kw",
        "2": "cel-pro",
        "3": "*biggos"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Celtic *biggos",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "br",
        "2": "bihan"
      },
      "expansion": "Breton bihan",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ga,gd",
        "2": "beag"
      },
      "expansion": "Irish and Scottish Gaelic beag",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "gv",
        "2": "beg"
      },
      "expansion": "Manx beg",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "cy",
        "2": "bach,bychan"
      },
      "expansion": "Welsh bach, bychan",
      "name": "cog"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Proto-Brythonic *bɨx, from Proto-Celtic *biggos. Cognate with Breton bihan, Irish and Scottish Gaelic beag, Manx beg, and Welsh bach, bychan.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "byghanna",
      "tags": [
        "comparative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "le",
      "tags": [
        "comparative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "lyha",
      "tags": [
        "superlative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "mutation",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "byghan",
      "source": "mutation",
      "tags": [
        "unmutated"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "vyghan",
      "source": "mutation",
      "tags": [
        "soft"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "pyghan",
      "source": "mutation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "fyghan",
      "source": "mutation",
      "tags": [
        "mixed"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "vyghan",
      "source": "mutation",
      "tags": [
        "after-th",
        "mutation-mixed"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "kw",
        "2": "adj",
        "3": "comparative",
        "4": "byghanna",
        "5": "or",
        "6": "le",
        "7": "superlative",
        "8": "lyha"
      },
      "expansion": "byghan (comparative byghanna or le, superlative lyha)",
      "name": "head"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Cornish",
  "lang_code": "kw",
  "pos": "adj",
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "little"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "little",
          "little"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "small"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "small",
          "small"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈbɪxən/"
    }
  ],
  "word": "byghan"
}

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