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Noun [Middle Welsh]

IPA: /delw/ Forms: delwau [alternative], no-table-tags [table-tags], delw [error-unrecognized-form], ðelw [soft], nelw [error-unrecognized-form]
Etymology: From Old Welsh delu, from Proto-Brythonic *delw, from Proto-Celtic *delwā, from Proto-Indo-European *delh₁- (“to split”); compare Old Irish delb. Etymology templates: {{root|wlm|ine-pro|*delh₁-}}, {{der|wlm|owl|delu}} Old Welsh delu, {{der|wlm|cel-bry-pro|*delw}} Proto-Brythonic *delw, {{der|wlm|cel-pro|*delwā}} Proto-Celtic *delwā, {{der|wlm|ine-pro|*delh₁-|t=to split}} Proto-Indo-European *delh₁- (“to split”), {{cog|sga|delb}} Old Irish delb
  1. form Tags: feminine Derived forms: pa ðelw (english: how)
    Sense id: en-delw-wlm-noun-Bzl9Yz8l Categories (other): Middle Welsh entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 2 entries, Pages with entries, Pages with 2 entries, Pages with entries Disambiguation of Pages with 2 entries: 88 2 6 2 2 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 90 1 5 2 2

Noun [Welsh]

IPA: /ˈdɛlʊ/ [North-Wales], /ˈdeːlu/ [South-Wales], /ˈdɛlu/ [South-Wales] Forms: delwau [plural], no-table-tags [table-tags], delw [error-unrecognized-form], ddelw [soft], nelw [error-unrecognized-form]
Etymology: From Middle Welsh delw, from Old Welsh delu, from Proto-Brythonic *delw, from Proto-Celtic *delwā, from Proto-Indo-European *delh₁- (“to split”); compare Old Irish delb. Etymology templates: {{root|cy|ine-pro|*delh₁-}}, {{inh|cy|wlm|delw}} Middle Welsh delw, {{inh|cy|owl|delu}} Old Welsh delu, {{inh|cy|cel-bry-pro|*delw}} Proto-Brythonic *delw, {{inh|cy|cel-pro|*delwā}} Proto-Celtic *delwā, {{der|cy|ine-pro|*delh₁-|t=to split}} Proto-Indo-European *delh₁- (“to split”), {{cog|sga|delb}} Old Irish delb Head templates: {{cy-noun|f|delwau}} delw f (plural delwau) Inflection templates: {{cy-mut}}
  1. image Tags: feminine Synonyms: portread, delwedd
    Sense id: en-delw-cy-noun-YQXWzHav
  2. statue, sculpture Tags: feminine Synonyms: cerflun, portread
    Sense id: en-delw-cy-noun-ItLutfBa Categories (other): Welsh entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Welsh entries with incorrect language header: 10 64 12 14
  3. effigy Tags: feminine Synonyms: delwad
    Sense id: en-delw-cy-noun-GylHifwl
  4. idol Tags: feminine Synonyms: eilun
    Sense id: en-delw-cy-noun-5hT2XvsP
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: ar ddelw (english: in the image of), cynddelw (english: model, prototype), delfryd (english: ideal), delw gerfiedig (english: graven image), delwad (english: form, creation), delwedd (english: image), dewin delwau (english: spin doctor)

Inflected forms

{
  "descendants": [
    {
      "lang": "Welsh",
      "lang_code": "cy",
      "word": "delw"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "wlm",
        "2": "ine-pro",
        "3": "*delh₁-"
      },
      "expansion": "",
      "name": "root"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "wlm",
        "2": "owl",
        "3": "delu"
      },
      "expansion": "Old Welsh delu",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "wlm",
        "2": "cel-bry-pro",
        "3": "*delw"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Brythonic *delw",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "wlm",
        "2": "cel-pro",
        "3": "*delwā"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Celtic *delwā",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "wlm",
        "2": "ine-pro",
        "3": "*delh₁-",
        "t": "to split"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Indo-European *delh₁- (“to split”)",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "sga",
        "2": "delb"
      },
      "expansion": "Old Irish delb",
      "name": "cog"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Old Welsh delu, from Proto-Brythonic *delw, from Proto-Celtic *delwā, from Proto-Indo-European *delh₁- (“to split”); compare Old Irish delb.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "delwau",
      "tags": [
        "alternative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "mutation",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "l-self",
      "source": "mutation",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "delw",
      "source": "mutation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ðelw",
      "links": [
        [
          "ðelw",
          "delw#Middle_Welsh"
        ]
      ],
      "source": "mutation",
      "tags": [
        "soft"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "nelw",
      "source": "mutation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Middle Welsh",
  "lang_code": "wlm",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Middle Welsh entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 2 entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "88 2 6 2 2",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 2 entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "90 1 5 2 2",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "derived": [
        {
          "english": "how",
          "translation": "how",
          "word": "pa ðelw"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "form"
      ],
      "id": "en-delw-wlm-noun-Bzl9Yz8l",
      "links": [
        [
          "form",
          "form"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/delw/"
    }
  ],
  "word": "delw"
}

{
  "derived": [
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "english": "in the image of",
      "translation": "in the image of",
      "word": "ar ddelw"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "english": "model, prototype",
      "translation": "model, prototype",
      "word": "cynddelw"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "english": "ideal",
      "translation": "ideal",
      "word": "delfryd"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "english": "graven image",
      "translation": "graven image",
      "word": "delw gerfiedig"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "english": "form, creation",
      "translation": "form, creation",
      "word": "delwad"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "english": "image",
      "translation": "image",
      "word": "delwedd"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "english": "spin doctor",
      "translation": "spin doctor",
      "word": "dewin delwau"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "cy",
        "2": "ine-pro",
        "3": "*delh₁-"
      },
      "expansion": "",
      "name": "root"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "cy",
        "2": "wlm",
        "3": "delw"
      },
      "expansion": "Middle Welsh delw",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "cy",
        "2": "owl",
        "3": "delu"
      },
      "expansion": "Old Welsh delu",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "cy",
        "2": "cel-bry-pro",
        "3": "*delw"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Brythonic *delw",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "cy",
        "2": "cel-pro",
        "3": "*delwā"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Celtic *delwā",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "cy",
        "2": "ine-pro",
        "3": "*delh₁-",
        "t": "to split"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Indo-European *delh₁- (“to split”)",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "sga",
        "2": "delb"
      },
      "expansion": "Old Irish delb",
      "name": "cog"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Middle Welsh delw, from Old Welsh delu, from Proto-Brythonic *delw, from Proto-Celtic *delwā, from Proto-Indo-European *delh₁- (“to split”); compare Old Irish delb.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "delwau",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "mutation",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "cy-mut",
      "source": "mutation",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "delw",
      "source": "mutation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ddelw",
      "source": "mutation",
      "tags": [
        "soft"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "nelw",
      "source": "mutation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "f",
        "2": "delwau"
      },
      "expansion": "delw f (plural delwau)",
      "name": "cy-noun"
    }
  ],
  "inflection_templates": [
    {
      "args": {},
      "name": "cy-mut"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Welsh",
  "lang_code": "cy",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "image"
      ],
      "id": "en-delw-cy-noun-YQXWzHav",
      "links": [
        [
          "image",
          "image"
        ]
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "portread"
        },
        {
          "word": "delwedd"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "10 64 12 14",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Welsh entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "statue, sculpture"
      ],
      "id": "en-delw-cy-noun-ItLutfBa",
      "links": [
        [
          "statue",
          "statue"
        ],
        [
          "sculpture",
          "sculpture"
        ]
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "cerflun"
        },
        {
          "word": "portread"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "effigy"
      ],
      "id": "en-delw-cy-noun-GylHifwl",
      "links": [
        [
          "effigy",
          "effigy"
        ]
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "delwad"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "idol"
      ],
      "id": "en-delw-cy-noun-5hT2XvsP",
      "links": [
        [
          "idol",
          "idol"
        ]
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "eilun"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈdɛlʊ/",
      "tags": [
        "North-Wales"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈdeːlu/",
      "tags": [
        "South-Wales"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈdɛlu/",
      "tags": [
        "South-Wales"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "delw"
}
{
  "categories": [
    "Pages with 2 entries",
    "Pages with entries"
  ],
  "derived": [
    {
      "english": "how",
      "translation": "how",
      "word": "pa ðelw"
    }
  ],
  "descendants": [
    {
      "lang": "Welsh",
      "lang_code": "cy",
      "word": "delw"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "wlm",
        "2": "ine-pro",
        "3": "*delh₁-"
      },
      "expansion": "",
      "name": "root"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "wlm",
        "2": "owl",
        "3": "delu"
      },
      "expansion": "Old Welsh delu",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "wlm",
        "2": "cel-bry-pro",
        "3": "*delw"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Brythonic *delw",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "wlm",
        "2": "cel-pro",
        "3": "*delwā"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Celtic *delwā",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "wlm",
        "2": "ine-pro",
        "3": "*delh₁-",
        "t": "to split"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Indo-European *delh₁- (“to split”)",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "sga",
        "2": "delb"
      },
      "expansion": "Old Irish delb",
      "name": "cog"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Old Welsh delu, from Proto-Brythonic *delw, from Proto-Celtic *delwā, from Proto-Indo-European *delh₁- (“to split”); compare Old Irish delb.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "delwau",
      "tags": [
        "alternative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "mutation",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "l-self",
      "source": "mutation",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "delw",
      "source": "mutation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ðelw",
      "links": [
        [
          "ðelw",
          "delw#Middle_Welsh"
        ]
      ],
      "source": "mutation",
      "tags": [
        "soft"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "nelw",
      "source": "mutation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Middle Welsh",
  "lang_code": "wlm",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "Middle Welsh entries with incorrect language header",
        "Middle Welsh feminine nouns",
        "Middle Welsh lemmas",
        "Middle Welsh nouns",
        "Middle Welsh terms derived from Old Welsh",
        "Middle Welsh terms derived from Proto-Brythonic",
        "Middle Welsh terms derived from Proto-Celtic",
        "Middle Welsh terms derived from Proto-Indo-European",
        "Middle Welsh terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *delh₁-",
        "Pages with 2 entries",
        "Pages with entries"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "form"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "form",
          "form"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/delw/"
    }
  ],
  "word": "delw"
}

{
  "categories": [
    "Pages with 2 entries",
    "Pages with entries",
    "Welsh countable nouns",
    "Welsh entries with incorrect language header",
    "Welsh feminine nouns",
    "Welsh lemmas",
    "Welsh nouns",
    "Welsh terms derived from Middle Welsh",
    "Welsh terms derived from Old Welsh",
    "Welsh terms derived from Proto-Brythonic",
    "Welsh terms derived from Proto-Celtic",
    "Welsh terms derived from Proto-Indo-European",
    "Welsh terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *delh₁-",
    "Welsh terms inherited from Middle Welsh",
    "Welsh terms inherited from Old Welsh",
    "Welsh terms inherited from Proto-Brythonic",
    "Welsh terms inherited from Proto-Celtic"
  ],
  "derived": [
    {
      "english": "in the image of",
      "translation": "in the image of",
      "word": "ar ddelw"
    },
    {
      "english": "model, prototype",
      "translation": "model, prototype",
      "word": "cynddelw"
    },
    {
      "english": "ideal",
      "translation": "ideal",
      "word": "delfryd"
    },
    {
      "english": "graven image",
      "translation": "graven image",
      "word": "delw gerfiedig"
    },
    {
      "english": "form, creation",
      "translation": "form, creation",
      "word": "delwad"
    },
    {
      "english": "image",
      "translation": "image",
      "word": "delwedd"
    },
    {
      "english": "spin doctor",
      "translation": "spin doctor",
      "word": "dewin delwau"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "cy",
        "2": "ine-pro",
        "3": "*delh₁-"
      },
      "expansion": "",
      "name": "root"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "cy",
        "2": "wlm",
        "3": "delw"
      },
      "expansion": "Middle Welsh delw",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "cy",
        "2": "owl",
        "3": "delu"
      },
      "expansion": "Old Welsh delu",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "cy",
        "2": "cel-bry-pro",
        "3": "*delw"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Brythonic *delw",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "cy",
        "2": "cel-pro",
        "3": "*delwā"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Celtic *delwā",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "cy",
        "2": "ine-pro",
        "3": "*delh₁-",
        "t": "to split"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Indo-European *delh₁- (“to split”)",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "sga",
        "2": "delb"
      },
      "expansion": "Old Irish delb",
      "name": "cog"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Middle Welsh delw, from Old Welsh delu, from Proto-Brythonic *delw, from Proto-Celtic *delwā, from Proto-Indo-European *delh₁- (“to split”); compare Old Irish delb.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "delwau",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "mutation",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "cy-mut",
      "source": "mutation",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "delw",
      "source": "mutation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ddelw",
      "source": "mutation",
      "tags": [
        "soft"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "nelw",
      "source": "mutation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "f",
        "2": "delwau"
      },
      "expansion": "delw f (plural delwau)",
      "name": "cy-noun"
    }
  ],
  "inflection_templates": [
    {
      "args": {},
      "name": "cy-mut"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Welsh",
  "lang_code": "cy",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "image"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "image",
          "image"
        ]
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "portread"
        },
        {
          "word": "delwedd"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "statue, sculpture"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "statue",
          "statue"
        ],
        [
          "sculpture",
          "sculpture"
        ]
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "cerflun"
        },
        {
          "word": "portread"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "effigy"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "effigy",
          "effigy"
        ]
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "delwad"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "idol"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "idol",
          "idol"
        ]
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "eilun"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈdɛlʊ/",
      "tags": [
        "North-Wales"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈdeːlu/",
      "tags": [
        "South-Wales"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈdɛlu/",
      "tags": [
        "South-Wales"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "delw"
}

Download raw JSONL data for delw meaning in All languages combined (5.5kB)

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  "msg": "inflection table: IF WITHOUT ELSE EVALS False: delw/Middle Welsh 'radical' base_tags=set()",
  "path": [
    "delw"
  ],
  "section": "Middle Welsh",
  "subsection": "noun",
  "title": "delw",
  "trace": ""
}

{
  "called_from": "inflection/865",
  "msg": "inflection table: IF WITHOUT ELSE EVALS False: delw/Middle Welsh 'nasal' base_tags={'error-unrecognized-form', 'soft'}",
  "path": [
    "delw"
  ],
  "section": "Middle Welsh",
  "subsection": "noun",
  "title": "delw",
  "trace": ""
}

{
  "called_from": "inflection/865",
  "msg": "inflection table: IF WITHOUT ELSE EVALS False: delw/Middle Welsh 'aspirate' base_tags={'error-unrecognized-form', 'soft'}",
  "path": [
    "delw"
  ],
  "section": "Middle Welsh",
  "subsection": "noun",
  "title": "delw",
  "trace": ""
}

{
  "called_from": "inflection/865",
  "msg": "inflection table: IF WITHOUT ELSE EVALS False: delw/Welsh 'radical' base_tags=set()",
  "path": [
    "delw"
  ],
  "section": "Welsh",
  "subsection": "noun",
  "title": "delw",
  "trace": ""
}

{
  "called_from": "inflection/865",
  "msg": "inflection table: IF WITHOUT ELSE EVALS False: delw/Welsh 'nasal' base_tags={'error-unrecognized-form', 'soft'}",
  "path": [
    "delw"
  ],
  "section": "Welsh",
  "subsection": "noun",
  "title": "delw",
  "trace": ""
}

{
  "called_from": "inflection/865",
  "msg": "inflection table: IF WITHOUT ELSE EVALS False: delw/Welsh 'aspirate' base_tags={'error-unrecognized-form', 'soft'}",
  "path": [
    "delw"
  ],
  "section": "Welsh",
  "subsection": "noun",
  "title": "delw",
  "trace": ""
}

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