See ffwyl on Wiktionary
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"args": {
"1": "cy",
"2": "en",
"3": "foil"
},
"expansion": "Borrowed from English foil",
"name": "bor+"
}
],
"etymology_text": "Borrowed from English foil.",
"forms": [
{
"form": "ffwylau",
"tags": [
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "ffoel",
"tags": [
"alternative"
]
}
],
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{
"args": {
"1": "m",
"2": "ffwylau"
},
"expansion": "ffwyl m (plural ffwylau, not mutable)",
"name": "cy-noun"
}
],
"hypernyms": [
{
"_dis1": "0 0",
"sense": "sword",
"word": "cleddyf"
}
],
"lang": "Welsh",
"lang_code": "cy",
"pos": "noun",
"senses": [
{
"categories": [],
"examples": [
{
"bold_text_offsets": [
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27,
32
]
],
"bold_translation_offsets": [
[
42,
46
]
],
"english": "An unpleasant thing it is to falter / and foil to man is failure.",
"ref": "1882, D. Silvan Evans, J. Jones, Ysten Sioned, Aberystwyth: John Morgan, page 108:",
"text": "Anhyfryd beth yw methu / a ffwyl ar ddyn yw ffaelu.",
"translation": "An unpleasant thing it is to falter / and foil to man is failure.",
"type": "quotation"
}
],
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"foil (defeat)"
],
"id": "en-ffwyl-cy-noun-W~-9zIrK",
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"(literary) foil (defeat)"
],
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"not-mutable"
]
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"name": "Fencing",
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"parents": [],
"source": "w"
},
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"_dis": "24 76",
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"name": "Pages with 1 entry",
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"foil"
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"(fencing) foil"
],
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"not-mutable"
],
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"government",
"hobbies",
"lifestyle",
"martial-arts",
"military",
"politics",
"sports",
"war"
]
}
],
"word": "ffwyl"
}
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"Pages with entries",
"Welsh countable nouns",
"Welsh entries with incorrect language header",
"Welsh lemmas",
"Welsh masculine nouns",
"Welsh non-mutable terms",
"Welsh nouns",
"Welsh nouns with red links in their headword lines",
"Welsh terms borrowed from English",
"Welsh terms derived from English",
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"2": "en",
"3": "foil"
},
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"name": "bor+"
}
],
"etymology_text": "Borrowed from English foil.",
"forms": [
{
"form": "ffwylau",
"tags": [
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "ffoel",
"tags": [
"alternative"
]
}
],
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{
"args": {
"1": "m",
"2": "ffwylau"
},
"expansion": "ffwyl m (plural ffwylau, not mutable)",
"name": "cy-noun"
}
],
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"word": "cleddyf"
}
],
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"lang_code": "cy",
"pos": "noun",
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],
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46
]
],
"english": "An unpleasant thing it is to falter / and foil to man is failure.",
"ref": "1882, D. Silvan Evans, J. Jones, Ysten Sioned, Aberystwyth: John Morgan, page 108:",
"text": "Anhyfryd beth yw methu / a ffwyl ar ddyn yw ffaelu.",
"translation": "An unpleasant thing it is to falter / and foil to man is failure.",
"type": "quotation"
}
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"foil (defeat)"
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"(literary) foil (defeat)"
],
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"(fencing) foil"
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"government",
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"lifestyle",
"martial-arts",
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"politics",
"sports",
"war"
]
}
],
"word": "ffwyl"
}
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