See cly on Wiktionary
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"tags": [
"alt-of",
"obsolete"
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"ipa": "/klɨː/",
"tags": [
"North-Wales"
]
},
{
"ipa": "/kliː/",
"tags": [
"South-Wales"
]
}
],
"word": "cly"
}
Download raw JSONL data for cly meaning in All languages combined (7.5kB)
{
"called_from": "inflection/865",
"msg": "inflection table: IF WITHOUT ELSE EVALS False: cly/Welsh 'radical' base_tags=set()",
"path": [
"cly"
],
"section": "Welsh",
"subsection": "verb",
"title": "cly",
"trace": ""
}
{
"called_from": "inflection/865",
"msg": "inflection table: IF WITHOUT ELSE EVALS False: cly/Welsh 'nasal' base_tags={'error-unrecognized-form', 'soft'}",
"path": [
"cly"
],
"section": "Welsh",
"subsection": "verb",
"title": "cly",
"trace": ""
}
{
"called_from": "inflection/865",
"msg": "inflection table: IF WITHOUT ELSE EVALS False: cly/Welsh 'aspirate' base_tags={'error-unrecognized-form', 'soft'}",
"path": [
"cly"
],
"section": "Welsh",
"subsection": "verb",
"title": "cly",
"trace": ""
}
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