"flogh" meaning in Cornish

See flogh in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: [flɔːx] [Revived-Middle-Cornish], [floːʰ] [Revived-Late-Cornish] Forms: fleghes [plural]
Etymology: From Old Cornish floh. Possibly borrowed from Old High German flōh (“flea”) but the irregular plural suggests a native Celtic origin. Victory Henry compares Irish fleasgach (“young man, bachelor”, literally “wand-bearer”), but admits that the connection is "all but impossible." Cognate with Breton floc'h. Etymology templates: {{inh|kw|oco|floh}} Old Cornish floh, {{der|kw|goh|flōh|t=flea}} Old High German flōh (“flea”), {{der|kw|cel|-}} Celtic, {{cog|ga|fleascach|fleasgach|lit=wand-bearer|t=young man, bachelor}} Irish fleasgach (“young man, bachelor”, literally “wand-bearer”), {{cog|br|floc'h}} Breton floc'h Head templates: {{head|kw|noun||||||{{{d2}}}|plural|fleghes|||||cat2=|f4g=|f5g=|f6g=|g=m|head=}} flogh m (plural fleghes), {{kw-noun|m|fleghes}} flogh m (plural fleghes)
  1. child, kid Tags: masculine
    Sense id: en-flogh-kw-noun-5vLt9nGs Categories (other): Cornish entries with incorrect language header, Cornish links with redundant alt parameters, Cornish links with redundant wikilinks, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Children, Family, People Derived forms: bos gans flogh (english: expect (a child)) [verb], flogh besydh (english: godchild), flogh byghan (english: toddler, baby), flogh gwynn (english: grandchild), flogh yn-dann oos (english: minor), floghek [childish], floghekter (english: childishness), floghel (english: puerile), floghgovia (english: babysit) [verb], floghgovier, floghgoviores (english: babysitter), flogholeth (english: childhood, infancy), floghva (english: nursery, kindergarten), floghwith (english: childcare), gans flogh, ow kwaytya flogh (english: pregnant), kerrik flogh (english: baby carriage), kesflogh (english: sibling)

Inflected forms

{
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "kw",
        "2": "oco",
        "3": "floh"
      },
      "expansion": "Old Cornish floh",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "kw",
        "2": "goh",
        "3": "flōh",
        "t": "flea"
      },
      "expansion": "Old High German flōh (“flea”)",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "kw",
        "2": "cel",
        "3": "-"
      },
      "expansion": "Celtic",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ga",
        "2": "fleascach",
        "3": "fleasgach",
        "lit": "wand-bearer",
        "t": "young man, bachelor"
      },
      "expansion": "Irish fleasgach (“young man, bachelor”, literally “wand-bearer”)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "br",
        "2": "floc'h"
      },
      "expansion": "Breton floc'h",
      "name": "cog"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Old Cornish floh. Possibly borrowed from Old High German flōh (“flea”) but the irregular plural suggests a native Celtic origin. Victory Henry compares Irish fleasgach (“young man, bachelor”, literally “wand-bearer”), but admits that the connection is \"all but impossible.\" Cognate with Breton floc'h.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "fleghes",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "kw",
        "10": "fleghes",
        "11": "",
        "12": "",
        "13": "",
        "14": "",
        "2": "noun",
        "3": "",
        "4": "",
        "5": "",
        "6": "",
        "7": "",
        "8": "{{{d2}}}",
        "9": "plural",
        "cat2": "",
        "f4g": "",
        "f5g": "",
        "f6g": "",
        "g": "m",
        "head": ""
      },
      "expansion": "flogh m (plural fleghes)",
      "name": "head"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "m",
        "2": "fleghes"
      },
      "expansion": "flogh m (plural fleghes)",
      "name": "kw-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Cornish",
  "lang_code": "kw",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Cornish entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Cornish links with redundant alt parameters",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Cornish links with redundant wikilinks",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 1 entry",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "langcode": "kw",
          "name": "Children",
          "orig": "kw:Children",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "langcode": "kw",
          "name": "Family",
          "orig": "kw:Family",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "langcode": "kw",
          "name": "People",
          "orig": "kw:People",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "derived": [
        {
          "english": "expect (a child)",
          "tags": [
            "verb"
          ],
          "translation": "expect (a child)",
          "word": "bos gans flogh"
        },
        {
          "english": "godchild",
          "translation": "godchild",
          "word": "flogh besydh"
        },
        {
          "english": "toddler, baby",
          "translation": "toddler, baby",
          "word": "flogh byghan"
        },
        {
          "english": "grandchild",
          "translation": "grandchild",
          "word": "flogh gwynn"
        },
        {
          "english": "minor",
          "translation": "minor",
          "word": "flogh yn-dann oos"
        },
        {
          "tags": [
            "childish"
          ],
          "word": "floghek"
        },
        {
          "english": "childishness",
          "translation": "childishness",
          "word": "floghekter"
        },
        {
          "english": "puerile",
          "translation": "puerile",
          "word": "floghel"
        },
        {
          "english": "babysit",
          "tags": [
            "verb"
          ],
          "translation": "babysit",
          "word": "floghgovia"
        },
        {
          "word": "floghgovier"
        },
        {
          "english": "babysitter",
          "translation": "babysitter",
          "word": "floghgoviores"
        },
        {
          "english": "childhood, infancy",
          "translation": "childhood, infancy",
          "word": "flogholeth"
        },
        {
          "english": "nursery, kindergarten",
          "translation": "nursery, kindergarten",
          "word": "floghva"
        },
        {
          "english": "childcare",
          "translation": "childcare",
          "word": "floghwith"
        },
        {
          "word": "gans flogh"
        },
        {
          "english": "pregnant",
          "translation": "pregnant",
          "word": "ow kwaytya flogh"
        },
        {
          "english": "baby carriage",
          "translation": "baby carriage",
          "word": "kerrik flogh"
        },
        {
          "english": "sibling",
          "translation": "sibling",
          "word": "kesflogh"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "child, kid"
      ],
      "id": "en-flogh-kw-noun-5vLt9nGs",
      "links": [
        [
          "child",
          "child"
        ],
        [
          "kid",
          "kid"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "[flɔːx]",
      "tags": [
        "Revived-Middle-Cornish"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[floːʰ]",
      "tags": [
        "Revived-Late-Cornish"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "flogh"
}
{
  "derived": [
    {
      "english": "expect (a child)",
      "tags": [
        "verb"
      ],
      "translation": "expect (a child)",
      "word": "bos gans flogh"
    },
    {
      "english": "godchild",
      "translation": "godchild",
      "word": "flogh besydh"
    },
    {
      "english": "toddler, baby",
      "translation": "toddler, baby",
      "word": "flogh byghan"
    },
    {
      "english": "grandchild",
      "translation": "grandchild",
      "word": "flogh gwynn"
    },
    {
      "english": "minor",
      "translation": "minor",
      "word": "flogh yn-dann oos"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "childish"
      ],
      "word": "floghek"
    },
    {
      "english": "childishness",
      "translation": "childishness",
      "word": "floghekter"
    },
    {
      "english": "puerile",
      "translation": "puerile",
      "word": "floghel"
    },
    {
      "english": "babysit",
      "tags": [
        "verb"
      ],
      "translation": "babysit",
      "word": "floghgovia"
    },
    {
      "word": "floghgovier"
    },
    {
      "english": "babysitter",
      "translation": "babysitter",
      "word": "floghgoviores"
    },
    {
      "english": "childhood, infancy",
      "translation": "childhood, infancy",
      "word": "flogholeth"
    },
    {
      "english": "nursery, kindergarten",
      "translation": "nursery, kindergarten",
      "word": "floghva"
    },
    {
      "english": "childcare",
      "translation": "childcare",
      "word": "floghwith"
    },
    {
      "word": "gans flogh"
    },
    {
      "english": "pregnant",
      "translation": "pregnant",
      "word": "ow kwaytya flogh"
    },
    {
      "english": "baby carriage",
      "translation": "baby carriage",
      "word": "kerrik flogh"
    },
    {
      "english": "sibling",
      "translation": "sibling",
      "word": "kesflogh"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "kw",
        "2": "oco",
        "3": "floh"
      },
      "expansion": "Old Cornish floh",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "kw",
        "2": "goh",
        "3": "flōh",
        "t": "flea"
      },
      "expansion": "Old High German flōh (“flea”)",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "kw",
        "2": "cel",
        "3": "-"
      },
      "expansion": "Celtic",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ga",
        "2": "fleascach",
        "3": "fleasgach",
        "lit": "wand-bearer",
        "t": "young man, bachelor"
      },
      "expansion": "Irish fleasgach (“young man, bachelor”, literally “wand-bearer”)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "br",
        "2": "floc'h"
      },
      "expansion": "Breton floc'h",
      "name": "cog"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Old Cornish floh. Possibly borrowed from Old High German flōh (“flea”) but the irregular plural suggests a native Celtic origin. Victory Henry compares Irish fleasgach (“young man, bachelor”, literally “wand-bearer”), but admits that the connection is \"all but impossible.\" Cognate with Breton floc'h.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "fleghes",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "kw",
        "10": "fleghes",
        "11": "",
        "12": "",
        "13": "",
        "14": "",
        "2": "noun",
        "3": "",
        "4": "",
        "5": "",
        "6": "",
        "7": "",
        "8": "{{{d2}}}",
        "9": "plural",
        "cat2": "",
        "f4g": "",
        "f5g": "",
        "f6g": "",
        "g": "m",
        "head": ""
      },
      "expansion": "flogh m (plural fleghes)",
      "name": "head"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "m",
        "2": "fleghes"
      },
      "expansion": "flogh m (plural fleghes)",
      "name": "kw-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Cornish",
  "lang_code": "kw",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "Cornish entries with incorrect language header",
        "Cornish lemmas",
        "Cornish links with redundant alt parameters",
        "Cornish links with redundant wikilinks",
        "Cornish masculine nouns",
        "Cornish nouns",
        "Cornish terms derived from Celtic languages",
        "Cornish terms derived from Old Cornish",
        "Cornish terms derived from Old High German",
        "Cornish terms inherited from Old Cornish",
        "Pages with 1 entry",
        "Pages with entries",
        "kw:Children",
        "kw:Family",
        "kw:People"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "child, kid"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "child",
          "child"
        ],
        [
          "kid",
          "kid"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "[flɔːx]",
      "tags": [
        "Revived-Middle-Cornish"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[floːʰ]",
      "tags": [
        "Revived-Late-Cornish"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "flogh"
}

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