"yn" meaning in Cornish

See yn in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Particle

IPA: /ɪn/ Forms: en [alternative, Revived-Late-Cornish]
Etymology: Compare Welsh yn and Old Irish in. Etymology templates: {{etymid|kw|adv}}, {{cog|cy|yn}} Welsh yn, {{cog|sga|in|id=adverb}} Old Irish in Head templates: {{head|kw|pcl|triggers mixed mutation}} yn (triggers mixed mutation)
  1. Adverbial particle; -ly Tags: triggers-mutation-mixed
    Sense id: en-yn-kw-particle-YLUkiWq8 Categories (other): Pages with 9 entries, Pages with entries, Cornish entries with incorrect language header, Cornish particles Disambiguation of Pages with 9 entries: 33 1 0 10 1 0 0 0 16 4 0 16 4 12 3 0 0 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 37 1 0 11 1 0 0 0 17 2 0 17 2 10 1 0 0 Disambiguation of Cornish entries with incorrect language header: 100 0 Disambiguation of Cornish particles: 100 0
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

Preposition

IPA: /ɪn/
Etymology: From Proto-Brythonic *ɨn, from Proto-Celtic *eni. Etymology templates: {{etymid|kw|in}}, {{inh|kw|cel-bry-pro|*ɨn}} Proto-Brythonic *ɨn, {{inh|kw|cel-pro|*eni}} Proto-Celtic *eni Head templates: {{head|kw|prep||head=}} yn, {{kw-prep}} yn Forms: no-table-tags [table-tags], ynnov [first-person, singular], ynnon [first-person, plural], ynnos [second-person, singular], ynnowgh [plural, second-person], ynno [masculine, singular, third-person], ynna [masculine, plural, third-person], ynni [feminine, singular, third-person], ynna [feminine, plural, third-person], en [alternative, Revived-Late-Cornish]
  1. in Derived forms (with possessive pronouns): y'ga (english: in their), y'gan (english: in our), y'gas (english: in your (pl)), y'm (english: in my), y'th (english: in your)
    Sense id: en-yn-kw-prep-WClnU00P Categories (other): Cornish prepositions
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1

Alternative forms

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      "args": {
        "1": "kw",
        "2": "in"
      },
      "expansion": "",
      "name": "etymid"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "kw",
        "2": "cel-bry-pro",
        "3": "*ɨn"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Brythonic *ɨn",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "kw",
        "2": "cel-pro",
        "3": "*eni"
      },
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      "name": "inh"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Proto-Brythonic *ɨn, from Proto-Celtic *eni.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "inflection-table-top",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ynnov",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ynnon",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ynnos",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ynnowgh",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "second-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ynno",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "masculine",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ynna",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "masculine",
        "plural",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ynni",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ynna",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "plural",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "en",
      "tags": [
        "alternative",
        "Revived-Late-Cornish"
      ]
    }
  ],
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    {
      "args": {
        "1": "kw",
        "2": "prep",
        "3": "",
        "head": ""
      },
      "expansion": "yn",
      "name": "head"
    },
    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "yn",
      "name": "kw-prep"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Cornish",
  "lang_code": "kw",
  "pos": "prep",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Cornish prepositions",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "derived": [
        {
          "english": "in their",
          "sense": "with possessive pronouns",
          "translation": "in their",
          "word": "y'ga"
        },
        {
          "english": "in our",
          "sense": "with possessive pronouns",
          "translation": "in our",
          "word": "y'gan"
        },
        {
          "english": "in your (pl)",
          "sense": "with possessive pronouns",
          "translation": "in your (pl)",
          "word": "y'gas"
        },
        {
          "english": "in my",
          "sense": "with possessive pronouns",
          "translation": "in my",
          "word": "y'm"
        },
        {
          "english": "in your",
          "sense": "with possessive pronouns",
          "translation": "in your",
          "word": "y'th"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "in"
      ],
      "id": "en-yn-kw-prep-WClnU00P",
      "links": [
        [
          "in",
          "in"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ɪn/"
    }
  ],
  "word": "yn"
}

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      "args": {
        "1": "kw",
        "2": "adv"
      },
      "expansion": "",
      "name": "etymid"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "cy",
        "2": "yn"
      },
      "expansion": "Welsh yn",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "sga",
        "2": "in",
        "id": "adverb"
      },
      "expansion": "Old Irish in",
      "name": "cog"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Compare Welsh yn and Old Irish in.",
  "forms": [
    {
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      "tags": [
        "alternative",
        "Revived-Late-Cornish"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "kw",
        "2": "pcl",
        "3": "triggers mixed mutation"
      },
      "expansion": "yn (triggers mixed mutation)",
      "name": "head"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Cornish",
  "lang_code": "kw",
  "pos": "particle",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "33 1 0 10 1 0 0 0 16 4 0 16 4 12 3 0 0",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 9 entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
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          "_dis": "37 1 0 11 1 0 0 0 17 2 0 17 2 10 1 0 0",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
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          "_dis": "100 0",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Cornish entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "100 0",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Cornish particles",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
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          "bold_text_offsets": [
            [
              0,
              2
            ]
          ],
          "english": "easily",
          "text": "yn es",
          "translation": "easily",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "bold_text_offsets": [
            [
              0,
              2
            ]
          ],
          "english": "live",
          "text": "yn fyw",
          "translation": "live",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Adverbial particle; -ly"
      ],
      "id": "en-yn-kw-particle-YLUkiWq8",
      "links": [
        [
          "-ly",
          "-ly"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "triggers-mutation-mixed"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ɪn/"
    }
  ],
  "word": "yn"
}
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    "Cornish lemmas",
    "Cornish particles",
    "Cornish prepositions",
    "Cornish terms derived from Proto-Brythonic",
    "Cornish terms derived from Proto-Celtic",
    "Cornish terms inherited from Proto-Brythonic",
    "Cornish terms inherited from Proto-Celtic",
    "Pages with 9 entries",
    "Pages with entries"
  ],
  "derived": [
    {
      "english": "in their",
      "sense": "with possessive pronouns",
      "translation": "in their",
      "word": "y'ga"
    },
    {
      "english": "in our",
      "sense": "with possessive pronouns",
      "translation": "in our",
      "word": "y'gan"
    },
    {
      "english": "in your (pl)",
      "sense": "with possessive pronouns",
      "translation": "in your (pl)",
      "word": "y'gas"
    },
    {
      "english": "in my",
      "sense": "with possessive pronouns",
      "translation": "in my",
      "word": "y'm"
    },
    {
      "english": "in your",
      "sense": "with possessive pronouns",
      "translation": "in your",
      "word": "y'th"
    }
  ],
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      "args": {
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        "2": "in"
      },
      "expansion": "",
      "name": "etymid"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "kw",
        "2": "cel-bry-pro",
        "3": "*ɨn"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Brythonic *ɨn",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "kw",
        "2": "cel-pro",
        "3": "*eni"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Celtic *eni",
      "name": "inh"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Proto-Brythonic *ɨn, from Proto-Celtic *eni.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "inflection-table-top",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ynnov",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ynnon",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ynnos",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ynnowgh",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "second-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ynno",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "masculine",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ynna",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "masculine",
        "plural",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ynni",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ynna",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "plural",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "en",
      "tags": [
        "alternative",
        "Revived-Late-Cornish"
      ]
    }
  ],
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    {
      "args": {
        "1": "kw",
        "2": "prep",
        "3": "",
        "head": ""
      },
      "expansion": "yn",
      "name": "head"
    },
    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "yn",
      "name": "kw-prep"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Cornish",
  "lang_code": "kw",
  "pos": "prep",
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "in"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "in",
          "in"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ɪn/"
    }
  ],
  "word": "yn"
}

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    "Cornish entries with incorrect language header",
    "Cornish lemmas",
    "Cornish particles",
    "Pages with 9 entries",
    "Pages with entries"
  ],
  "etymology_number": "2",
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "kw",
        "2": "adv"
      },
      "expansion": "",
      "name": "etymid"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "cy",
        "2": "yn"
      },
      "expansion": "Welsh yn",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "sga",
        "2": "in",
        "id": "adverb"
      },
      "expansion": "Old Irish in",
      "name": "cog"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Compare Welsh yn and Old Irish in.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "en",
      "tags": [
        "alternative",
        "Revived-Late-Cornish"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "kw",
        "2": "pcl",
        "3": "triggers mixed mutation"
      },
      "expansion": "yn (triggers mixed mutation)",
      "name": "head"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Cornish",
  "lang_code": "kw",
  "pos": "particle",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "Cornish terms with usage examples"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
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            [
              0,
              2
            ]
          ],
          "english": "easily",
          "text": "yn es",
          "translation": "easily",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "bold_text_offsets": [
            [
              0,
              2
            ]
          ],
          "english": "live",
          "text": "yn fyw",
          "translation": "live",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Adverbial particle; -ly"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "-ly",
          "-ly"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "triggers-mutation-mixed"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ɪn/"
    }
  ],
  "word": "yn"
}

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  "path": [
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