"xan" meaning in Galician

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Noun

IPA: /ʃaŋ/ Forms: xans [plural]
Head templates: {{gl-noun|m}} xan m (plural xans)
  1. a man who lets himself be controlled by anyone else; a weakling Tags: masculine Derived forms: xanciño
    Sense id: en-xan-gl-noun-lppkCdY- Categories (other): Galician entries with incorrect language header

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  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "xans",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
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      "args": {
        "1": "m"
      },
      "expansion": "xan m (plural xans)",
      "name": "gl-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Galician",
  "lang_code": "gl",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Galician entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "derived": [
        {
          "word": "xanciño"
        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "—You say it yourself: a weakling, a little weakling.",
          "ref": "1996, Xosé Cid Cabido, Unha liña no ceo: 58 narradores galegos, 1979-1996, Xerais de Galicia, page 270",
          "text": "—Xa ti mesma o dis: un xan, un xanciño.",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "a man who lets himself be controlled by anyone else; a weakling"
      ],
      "id": "en-xan-gl-noun-lppkCdY-",
      "links": [
        [
          "man",
          "man"
        ],
        [
          "control",
          "control"
        ],
        [
          "weakling",
          "weakling"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ʃaŋ/"
    }
  ],
  "word": "xan"
}
{
  "derived": [
    {
      "word": "xanciño"
    }
  ],
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    {
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      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
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      "args": {
        "1": "m"
      },
      "expansion": "xan m (plural xans)",
      "name": "gl-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Galician",
  "lang_code": "gl",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
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        "Galician countable nouns",
        "Galician entries with incorrect language header",
        "Galician lemmas",
        "Galician masculine nouns",
        "Galician nouns",
        "Galician nouns with red links in their headword lines",
        "Galician terms with IPA pronunciation",
        "Galician terms with quotations"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "—You say it yourself: a weakling, a little weakling.",
          "ref": "1996, Xosé Cid Cabido, Unha liña no ceo: 58 narradores galegos, 1979-1996, Xerais de Galicia, page 270",
          "text": "—Xa ti mesma o dis: un xan, un xanciño.",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "a man who lets himself be controlled by anyone else; a weakling"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "man",
          "man"
        ],
        [
          "control",
          "control"
        ],
        [
          "weakling",
          "weakling"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ʃaŋ/"
    }
  ],
  "word": "xan"
}

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