See dafn on Wiktionary
{
"etymology_number": "1",
"forms": [
{
"form": "dafnau",
"tags": [
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "defni",
"tags": [
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "defnyn",
"tags": [
"diminutive"
]
}
],
"head_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "m",
"2": "au",
"dim": "defnyn",
"pl2": "defni"
},
"expansion": "dafn m (plural dafnau or defni, diminutive defnyn)",
"name": "cy-noun"
}
],
"lang": "Welsh",
"lang_code": "cy",
"pos": "noun",
"senses": [
{
"glosses": [
"drop, drip"
],
"id": "en-dafn-cy-noun-gm-uw7j-",
"links": [
[
"drop",
"drop"
],
[
"drip",
"drip"
]
],
"synonyms": [
{
"word": "diferyn"
},
{
"word": "drop"
},
{
"word": "dos"
}
],
"tags": [
"masculine"
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"ipa": "/davn/",
"tags": [
"North-Wales",
"South-Wales",
"colloquial",
"standard"
]
},
{
"ipa": "[ˈdavn̩]",
"tags": [
"North-Wales",
"South-Wales",
"colloquial",
"standard"
]
},
{
"ipa": "/ˈdaːvan/",
"tags": [
"South-Wales",
"colloquial"
]
},
{
"ipa": "/ˈdavan/",
"tags": [
"South-Wales",
"colloquial"
]
}
],
"word": "dafn"
}
{
"etymology_number": "2",
"etymology_text": "Related to defnydd (“material”).",
"forms": [
{
"form": "no-table-tags",
"source": "mutation",
"tags": [
"table-tags"
]
},
{
"form": "cy-mut",
"source": "mutation",
"tags": [
"inflection-template"
]
},
{
"form": "dafn",
"source": "mutation",
"tags": [
"error-unrecognized-form"
]
},
{
"form": "ddafn",
"source": "mutation",
"tags": [
"soft"
]
},
{
"form": "nafn",
"source": "mutation",
"tags": [
"error-unrecognized-form"
]
}
],
"head_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "m"
},
"expansion": "dafn m",
"name": "cy-noun"
}
],
"inflection_templates": [
{
"args": {},
"name": "cy-mut"
}
],
"lang": "Welsh",
"lang_code": "cy",
"pos": "noun",
"senses": [
{
"categories": [
{
"kind": "other",
"langcode": "cy",
"name": "Weaving",
"orig": "cy:Weaving",
"parents": [],
"source": "w"
},
{
"_dis": "19 81",
"kind": "other",
"name": "Pages with 1 entry",
"parents": [],
"source": "w+disamb"
},
{
"_dis": "36 64",
"kind": "other",
"name": "Pages with entries",
"parents": [],
"source": "w+disamb"
},
{
"_dis": "32 68",
"kind": "other",
"name": "Welsh entries with incorrect language header",
"parents": [],
"source": "w+disamb"
}
],
"glosses": [
"yarn"
],
"hyponyms": [
{
"english": "warp",
"translation": "warp",
"word": "dylif"
},
{
"english": "weft, woof",
"translation": "weft, woof",
"word": "ystof"
}
],
"id": "en-dafn-cy-noun-7E5Zi9Dz",
"links": [
[
"weaving",
"weaving#Noun"
],
[
"yarn",
"yarn"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(weaving) yarn"
],
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"topics": [
"business",
"manufacturing",
"textiles",
"weaving"
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"ipa": "/davn/",
"tags": [
"North-Wales",
"South-Wales",
"colloquial",
"standard"
]
},
{
"ipa": "[ˈdavn̩]",
"tags": [
"North-Wales",
"South-Wales",
"colloquial",
"standard"
]
},
{
"ipa": "/ˈdaːvan/",
"tags": [
"South-Wales",
"colloquial"
]
},
{
"ipa": "/ˈdavan/",
"tags": [
"South-Wales",
"colloquial"
]
}
],
"word": "dafn"
}
{
"categories": [
"Pages with 1 entry",
"Pages with entries",
"Welsh countable nouns",
"Welsh entries with incorrect language header",
"Welsh lemmas",
"Welsh masculine nouns",
"Welsh nouns",
"Welsh nouns with red links in their headword lines"
],
"etymology_number": "1",
"forms": [
{
"form": "dafnau",
"tags": [
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "defni",
"tags": [
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "defnyn",
"tags": [
"diminutive"
]
}
],
"head_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "m",
"2": "au",
"dim": "defnyn",
"pl2": "defni"
},
"expansion": "dafn m (plural dafnau or defni, diminutive defnyn)",
"name": "cy-noun"
}
],
"lang": "Welsh",
"lang_code": "cy",
"pos": "noun",
"senses": [
{
"glosses": [
"drop, drip"
],
"links": [
[
"drop",
"drop"
],
[
"drip",
"drip"
]
],
"synonyms": [
{
"word": "diferyn"
},
{
"word": "drop"
},
{
"word": "dos"
}
],
"tags": [
"masculine"
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"ipa": "/davn/",
"tags": [
"North-Wales",
"South-Wales",
"colloquial",
"standard"
]
},
{
"ipa": "[ˈdavn̩]",
"tags": [
"North-Wales",
"South-Wales",
"colloquial",
"standard"
]
},
{
"ipa": "/ˈdaːvan/",
"tags": [
"South-Wales",
"colloquial"
]
},
{
"ipa": "/ˈdavan/",
"tags": [
"South-Wales",
"colloquial"
]
}
],
"word": "dafn"
}
{
"categories": [
"Pages with 1 entry",
"Pages with entries",
"Welsh countable nouns",
"Welsh entries with incorrect language header",
"Welsh lemmas",
"Welsh masculine nouns",
"Welsh nouns"
],
"etymology_number": "2",
"etymology_text": "Related to defnydd (“material”).",
"forms": [
{
"form": "no-table-tags",
"source": "mutation",
"tags": [
"table-tags"
]
},
{
"form": "cy-mut",
"source": "mutation",
"tags": [
"inflection-template"
]
},
{
"form": "dafn",
"source": "mutation",
"tags": [
"error-unrecognized-form"
]
},
{
"form": "ddafn",
"source": "mutation",
"tags": [
"soft"
]
},
{
"form": "nafn",
"source": "mutation",
"tags": [
"error-unrecognized-form"
]
}
],
"head_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "m"
},
"expansion": "dafn m",
"name": "cy-noun"
}
],
"hyponyms": [
{
"english": "warp",
"translation": "warp",
"word": "dylif"
},
{
"english": "weft, woof",
"translation": "weft, woof",
"word": "ystof"
}
],
"inflection_templates": [
{
"args": {},
"name": "cy-mut"
}
],
"lang": "Welsh",
"lang_code": "cy",
"pos": "noun",
"senses": [
{
"categories": [
"cy:Weaving"
],
"glosses": [
"yarn"
],
"links": [
[
"weaving",
"weaving#Noun"
],
[
"yarn",
"yarn"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(weaving) yarn"
],
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"topics": [
"business",
"manufacturing",
"textiles",
"weaving"
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"ipa": "/davn/",
"tags": [
"North-Wales",
"South-Wales",
"colloquial",
"standard"
]
},
{
"ipa": "[ˈdavn̩]",
"tags": [
"North-Wales",
"South-Wales",
"colloquial",
"standard"
]
},
{
"ipa": "/ˈdaːvan/",
"tags": [
"South-Wales",
"colloquial"
]
},
{
"ipa": "/ˈdavan/",
"tags": [
"South-Wales",
"colloquial"
]
}
],
"word": "dafn"
}
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