"eisiau" meaning in All languages combined

See eisiau on Wiktionary

Noun [Welsh]

IPA: /ˈei̯ʃaɨ̯/ [North-Wales, standard], /ˈɪʃɔ/ [North-Wales, colloquial], /ˈei̯sjai̯/ [South-Wales, standard], /ˈei̯ʃai̯/ [South-Wales, standard], /ˈiːʃɛ/ [South-Wales, colloquial], /ˈɪʃɛ/ [South-Wales, colloquial], /ˈiːsɛ/ [South-Wales, colloquial], /ˈɪsɛ/ [South-Wales, colloquial] Forms: no-table-tags [table-tags], eisiau [error-unrecognized-form], heisiau [prothesis-h], isio [alternative], isie [alternative]
Rhymes: -ei̯sjaɨ̯ Etymology: From Middle Welsh eisseu, from Proto-Brythonic *eisɨɣu, borrowed from Latin exiguus (“having required”). Etymology templates: {{inh|cy|wlm|eisseu}} Middle Welsh eisseu, {{inh|cy|cel-bry-pro|*eisɨɣu}} Proto-Brythonic *eisɨɣu, {{der|cy|la|exiguus|t=having required}} Latin exiguus (“having required”) Head templates: {{cy-noun|m|-}} eisiau m (uncountable) Inflection templates: {{cy-mut}}
  1. (with bod and a preceding subject; functioning as a verbnoun) want Tags: masculine, uncountable Synonyms (want): bod am [verb], moyn [South-Wales, verb]
    Sense id: en-eisiau-cy-noun-hlaqVdOT Categories (other): Pages with 1 entry Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 24 23 23 30 Disambiguation of 'want': 49 12 12 27
  2. (with bod, a noun, pronoun or numeral and the preposition ar) need Tags: masculine, uncountable
    Sense id: en-eisiau-cy-noun-vo3~ALDU Categories (other): Pages with 1 entry Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 24 23 23 30
  3. (with bod and an i-content clause) need Tags: masculine, uncountable
    Sense id: en-eisiau-cy-noun-vo3~ALDU1 Categories (other): Pages with 1 entry Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 24 23 23 30
  4. (literary) want (with bod and preposition ar) Tags: literary, masculine, uncountable
    Sense id: en-eisiau-cy-noun-yNkxfapg Categories (other): Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Welsh entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 24 23 23 30 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 22 22 22 34 Disambiguation of Welsh entries with incorrect language header: 23 20 20 37
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms (need): angen Derived forms: dieisiau (english: unnecessary)
Disambiguation of 'need': 14 39 39 8

Alternative forms

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      "form": "isio",
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          "english": "I want a drink.",
          "text": "Dw i eisiau diod.",
          "translation": "I want a drink.",
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          "english": "I want to drink.",
          "text": "Dw i eisiau yfed.",
          "translation": "I want to drink.",
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          "english": "She wants a drink too.",
          "text": "Mae hi eisiau diod hefyd.",
          "translation": "She wants a drink too.",
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          "_dis1": "49 12 12 27",
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          "word": "bod am"
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          "_dis1": "49 12 12 27",
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          "tags": [
            "South-Wales",
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          ],
          "word": "moyn"
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          "english": "I need a drink.",
          "text": "Mae eisiau diod arna i.",
          "translation": "I need a drink.",
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          "english": "She needs a drink too.",
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        {
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          "type": "example"
        }
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        ]
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        "(literary) want (with bod and preposition ar)"
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      "ipa": "/ˈei̯ʃaɨ̯/",
      "tags": [
        "North-Wales",
        "standard"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈɪʃɔ/",
      "tags": [
        "North-Wales",
        "colloquial"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈei̯sjai̯/",
      "tags": [
        "South-Wales",
        "standard"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈei̯ʃai̯/",
      "tags": [
        "South-Wales",
        "standard"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈiːʃɛ/",
      "tags": [
        "South-Wales",
        "colloquial"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈɪʃɛ/",
      "tags": [
        "South-Wales",
        "colloquial"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈiːsɛ/",
      "tags": [
        "South-Wales",
        "colloquial"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈɪsɛ/",
      "tags": [
        "South-Wales",
        "colloquial"
      ]
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-ei̯sjaɨ̯"
    }
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    {
      "_dis1": "14 39 39 8",
      "sense": "need",
      "word": "angen"
    }
  ],
  "word": "eisiau"
}
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    "Welsh lemmas",
    "Welsh masculine nouns",
    "Welsh nouns",
    "Welsh terms derived from Latin",
    "Welsh terms derived from Middle Welsh",
    "Welsh terms derived from Proto-Brythonic",
    "Welsh terms inherited from Middle Welsh",
    "Welsh terms inherited from Proto-Brythonic",
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        "table-tags"
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        "error-unrecognized-form"
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        "prothesis-h"
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      "form": "isio",
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          "english": "I want a drink.",
          "text": "Dw i eisiau diod.",
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          "english": "I want to drink.",
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          "english": "She wants a drink too.",
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          "translation": "She wants a drink too.",
          "type": "example"
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        "want"
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          "english": "I need a drink.",
          "text": "Mae eisiau diod arna i.",
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          "english": "She needs a drink too.",
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          "translation": "She needs a drink too.",
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        }
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        "need"
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          "need",
          "need"
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      "qualifier": "a noun; pronoun or numeral and the preposition ar; a noun; pronoun or numeral and the preposition ar",
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        "(with bod, a noun, pronoun or numeral and the preposition ar) need"
      ],
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          "english": "I need to drink.",
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        "need"
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      ],
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        {
          "text": "1588, Y Beibl cyssegr-lan, Salm 23:1:\nYr Arglwydd yw fy Mugail; ni bydd eisiau arnaf.\nThe Lord is my shepherd; I shall not want.",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
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        "want (with bod and preposition ar)"
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        "(literary) want (with bod and preposition ar)"
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  "sounds": [
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      "ipa": "/ˈei̯ʃaɨ̯/",
      "tags": [
        "North-Wales",
        "standard"
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    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈɪʃɔ/",
      "tags": [
        "North-Wales",
        "colloquial"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈei̯sjai̯/",
      "tags": [
        "South-Wales",
        "standard"
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    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈei̯ʃai̯/",
      "tags": [
        "South-Wales",
        "standard"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈiːʃɛ/",
      "tags": [
        "South-Wales",
        "colloquial"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈɪʃɛ/",
      "tags": [
        "South-Wales",
        "colloquial"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈiːsɛ/",
      "tags": [
        "South-Wales",
        "colloquial"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈɪsɛ/",
      "tags": [
        "South-Wales",
        "colloquial"
      ]
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-ei̯sjaɨ̯"
    }
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    {
      "sense": "want",
      "tags": [
        "verb"
      ],
      "word": "bod am"
    },
    {
      "sense": "want",
      "tags": [
        "South-Wales",
        "verb"
      ],
      "word": "moyn"
    },
    {
      "sense": "need",
      "word": "angen"
    }
  ],
  "word": "eisiau"
}

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This page is a part of the kaikki.org machine-readable All languages combined dictionary. This dictionary is based on structured data extracted on 2025-12-23 from the enwiktionary dump dated 2025-12-02 using wiktextract (6fdc867 and 9905b1f). The data shown on this site has been post-processed and various details (e.g., extra categories) removed, some information disambiguated, and additional data merged from other sources. See the raw data download page for the unprocessed wiktextract data.

If you use this data in academic research, please cite Tatu Ylonen: Wiktextract: Wiktionary as Machine-Readable Structured Data, Proceedings of the 13th Conference on Language Resources and Evaluation (LREC), pp. 1317-1325, Marseille, 20-25 June 2022. Linking to the relevant page(s) under https://kaikki.org would also be greatly appreciated.