"dorn" meaning in Cornish

See dorn in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

Forms: dewdhorn [dual], diwla [dual], dornow [plural]
Etymology: From Proto-Celtic *durnos (compare Welsh dwrn (“fist”), Irish dorn), probably loaned from a non-Indo-European substrate language. Etymology templates: {{inh|kw|cel-pro|*durnos}} Proto-Celtic *durnos, {{cog|cy|dwrn||fist}} Welsh dwrn (“fist”), {{cog|ga|dorn}} Irish dorn, {{der|kw|qfa-sub|-}} substrate Head templates: {{head|kw|noun|||dual|dewdhorn|or|diwla|plural|dornow|||||cat2=|f4g=|f5g=|f6g=|g=m|head=}} dorn m (dual dewdhorn or diwla, plural dornow), {{kw-noun|m|r|d=e|d2=diwla}} dorn m (dual dewdhorn or diwla, plural dornow)
  1. hand Tags: masculine Synonyms: leuv
    Sense id: en-dorn-kw-noun-GwAXBqQY
  2. fist Tags: masculine
    Sense id: en-dorn-kw-noun-kfSVmKw6 Categories (other): Cornish entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 7 entries, Pages with entries, Anatomy Disambiguation of Cornish entries with incorrect language header: 13 74 13 Disambiguation of Pages with 7 entries: 7 26 7 26 7 20 7 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 7 26 7 26 7 20 7 Disambiguation of Anatomy: 12 77 12
  3. handle Tags: masculine
    Sense id: en-dorn-kw-noun-wqEWqpEN
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: dhe dhorn (english: near at hand), dherag dorn (english: beforehand), dorna (english: punch) [verb], dornas (english: handful), dornbel [handball, ball-games, games, sports, hobbies, lifestyle], dornel (english: manual), dornell (english: whisk), dornella (english: whisk) [verb], dornla (english: door handle), dornlyver (english: handbook), dornskrif (english: manuscript), dornskrifa (english: write by hand) [verb], dornskrifans (english: handwriting), dornweyth (english: handycraft), dornwrys (english: artificial), fardellow dorn (english: hand luggage), lien dorn (english: handkerchief), mell dorn (english: knuckle)

Inflected forms

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      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "english": "near at hand",
      "translation": "near at hand",
      "word": "dhe dhorn"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "english": "beforehand",
      "translation": "beforehand",
      "word": "dherag dorn"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "english": "punch",
      "tags": [
        "verb"
      ],
      "translation": "punch",
      "word": "dorna"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "english": "handful",
      "translation": "handful",
      "word": "dornas"
    },
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        "handball",
        "ball-games",
        "games",
        "sports",
        "hobbies",
        "lifestyle"
      ],
      "word": "dornbel"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "english": "manual",
      "translation": "manual",
      "word": "dornel"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "english": "whisk",
      "translation": "whisk",
      "word": "dornell"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "english": "whisk",
      "tags": [
        "verb"
      ],
      "translation": "whisk",
      "word": "dornella"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "english": "door handle",
      "translation": "door handle",
      "word": "dornla"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "english": "handbook",
      "translation": "handbook",
      "word": "dornlyver"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "english": "manuscript",
      "translation": "manuscript",
      "word": "dornskrif"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "english": "write by hand",
      "tags": [
        "verb"
      ],
      "translation": "write by hand",
      "word": "dornskrifa"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "english": "handwriting",
      "translation": "handwriting",
      "word": "dornskrifans"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "english": "handycraft",
      "translation": "handycraft",
      "word": "dornweyth"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "english": "artificial",
      "translation": "artificial",
      "word": "dornwrys"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "english": "hand luggage",
      "translation": "hand luggage",
      "word": "fardellow dorn"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "english": "handkerchief",
      "translation": "handkerchief",
      "word": "lien dorn"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "english": "knuckle",
      "translation": "knuckle",
      "word": "mell dorn"
    }
  ],
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      "name": "cog"
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      },
      "expansion": "Irish dorn",
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      "form": "dewdhorn",
      "tags": [
        "dual"
      ]
    },
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      "form": "diwla",
      "tags": [
        "dual"
      ]
    },
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      "form": "dornow",
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        "13": "",
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    }
  ],
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        "hand"
      ],
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      "links": [
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          "hand",
          "hand"
        ]
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "leuv"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ]
    },
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          "_dis": "13 74 13",
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          "name": "Cornish entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [],
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        },
        {
          "_dis": "7 26 7 26 7 20 7",
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        {
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          "orig": "kw:Anatomy",
          "parents": [],
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        }
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      ],
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      "links": [
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          "fist",
          "fist"
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      ]
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}
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    "Cornish lemmas",
    "Cornish masculine nouns",
    "Cornish nouns",
    "Cornish terms derived from Proto-Celtic",
    "Cornish terms derived from substrate languages",
    "Cornish terms inherited from Proto-Celtic",
    "Pages with 7 entries",
    "Pages with entries",
    "kw:Anatomy"
  ],
  "derived": [
    {
      "english": "near at hand",
      "translation": "near at hand",
      "word": "dhe dhorn"
    },
    {
      "english": "beforehand",
      "translation": "beforehand",
      "word": "dherag dorn"
    },
    {
      "english": "punch",
      "tags": [
        "verb"
      ],
      "translation": "punch",
      "word": "dorna"
    },
    {
      "english": "handful",
      "translation": "handful",
      "word": "dornas"
    },
    {
      "topics": [
        "handball",
        "ball-games",
        "games",
        "sports",
        "hobbies",
        "lifestyle"
      ],
      "word": "dornbel"
    },
    {
      "english": "manual",
      "translation": "manual",
      "word": "dornel"
    },
    {
      "english": "whisk",
      "translation": "whisk",
      "word": "dornell"
    },
    {
      "english": "whisk",
      "tags": [
        "verb"
      ],
      "translation": "whisk",
      "word": "dornella"
    },
    {
      "english": "door handle",
      "translation": "door handle",
      "word": "dornla"
    },
    {
      "english": "handbook",
      "translation": "handbook",
      "word": "dornlyver"
    },
    {
      "english": "manuscript",
      "translation": "manuscript",
      "word": "dornskrif"
    },
    {
      "english": "write by hand",
      "tags": [
        "verb"
      ],
      "translation": "write by hand",
      "word": "dornskrifa"
    },
    {
      "english": "handwriting",
      "translation": "handwriting",
      "word": "dornskrifans"
    },
    {
      "english": "handycraft",
      "translation": "handycraft",
      "word": "dornweyth"
    },
    {
      "english": "artificial",
      "translation": "artificial",
      "word": "dornwrys"
    },
    {
      "english": "hand luggage",
      "translation": "hand luggage",
      "word": "fardellow dorn"
    },
    {
      "english": "handkerchief",
      "translation": "handkerchief",
      "word": "lien dorn"
    },
    {
      "english": "knuckle",
      "translation": "knuckle",
      "word": "mell dorn"
    }
  ],
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      "form": "dewdhorn",
      "tags": [
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      ]
    },
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        ]
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      ]
    }
  ],
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}

Download raw JSONL data for dorn meaning in Cornish (3.2kB)

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