"am" meaning in Middle Welsh

See am in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Preposition

IPA: /am/
Etymology: From Proto-Celtic *ambi (compare Old Irish imb), from Proto-Indo-European *h₂m̥bʰi. Cognate with Latin ambi-, Sanskrit अभि (abhí, “towards, over, upon”), Old Persian 𐎠𐎲𐎡𐎹 (a-b-i-y /⁠abiy⁠/, “towards, against, upon”), Old High German umbi, Ancient Greek ἀμφί (amphí, “about, around”) and the first part of Old Armenian ամբ-ողջ (amb-ołǰ, “whole”). Etymology templates: {{inh|wlm|cel-pro|*ambi}} Proto-Celtic *ambi, {{cog|sga|imb}} Old Irish imb, {{inh|wlm|ine-pro|*h₂m̥bʰi}} Proto-Indo-European *h₂m̥bʰi, {{cog|la|ambi-}} Latin ambi-, {{cog|sa|अभि||towards, over, upon|tr=abhí}} Sanskrit अभि (abhí, “towards, over, upon”), {{cog|peo|𐎠𐎲𐎡𐎹||towards, against, upon|ts=abiy}} Old Persian 𐎠𐎲𐎡𐎹 (a-b-i-y /⁠abiy⁠/, “towards, against, upon”), {{cog|goh|umbi}} Old High German umbi, {{cog|grc|ἀμφί||about, around}} Ancient Greek ἀμφί (amphí, “about, around”) Head templates: {{head|wlm|preposition|triggers lenition}} am (triggers lenition) Forms: no-table-tags [table-tags], amdanaf [first-person, singular], amdanam [first-person, plural], amdanan [first-person, plural], amdanat [second-person, singular], amdanawch [plural, second-person], amdanaw [singular, third-person], ymdanaw [singular, third-person], ymdanw m [singular, third-person], amdanei [singular, third-person], ymdeni f [singular, third-person], ymdanaduð [plural, third-person], ymdadnadunt [plural, third-person], ymdanunt [plural, third-person], amdanwynt [plural, third-person]
  1. about Tags: triggers-lenition
    Sense id: en-am-wlm-prep-pCYuHJvL
  2. for, on account of Tags: triggers-lenition
    Sense id: en-am-wlm-prep-xM9myyqj
  3. concerning, as regards Tags: triggers-lenition
    Sense id: en-am-wlm-prep-GeU5GW0o Categories (other): Pages with entries, Middle Welsh entries with incorrect language header, Middle Welsh prepositions Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 1 1 0 0 5 2 2 2 4 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 2 5 0 0 8 0 0 2 4 5 5 7 7 7 0 0 1 1 1 1 4 6 0 0 4 0 4 0 1 Disambiguation of Middle Welsh entries with incorrect language header: 0 2 98 Disambiguation of Middle Welsh prepositions: 1 4 95
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: am ben (english: upon), amdan (english: on), amgylch (english: about, towards), amlaw (english: in addition to), gwiscaw am (english: to put on (clothes etc.)), y am (english: off; apart from)

Inflected forms

{
  "derived": [
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "english": "upon",
      "translation": "upon",
      "word": "am ben"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "english": "on",
      "translation": "on",
      "word": "amdan"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "english": "about, towards",
      "translation": "about, towards",
      "word": "amgylch"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "english": "in addition to",
      "translation": "in addition to",
      "word": "amlaw"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "english": "to put on (clothes etc.)",
      "translation": "to put on (clothes etc.)",
      "word": "gwiscaw am"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "english": "off; apart from",
      "translation": "off; apart from",
      "word": "y am"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "wlm",
        "2": "cel-pro",
        "3": "*ambi"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Celtic *ambi",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "sga",
        "2": "imb"
      },
      "expansion": "Old Irish imb",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "wlm",
        "2": "ine-pro",
        "3": "*h₂m̥bʰi"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Indo-European *h₂m̥bʰi",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "la",
        "2": "ambi-"
      },
      "expansion": "Latin ambi-",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "sa",
        "2": "अभि",
        "3": "",
        "4": "towards, over, upon",
        "tr": "abhí"
      },
      "expansion": "Sanskrit अभि (abhí, “towards, over, upon”)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "peo",
        "2": "𐎠𐎲𐎡𐎹",
        "3": "",
        "4": "towards, against, upon",
        "ts": "abiy"
      },
      "expansion": "Old Persian 𐎠𐎲𐎡𐎹 (a-b-i-y /⁠abiy⁠/, “towards, against, upon”)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "goh",
        "2": "umbi"
      },
      "expansion": "Old High German umbi",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "grc",
        "2": "ἀμφί",
        "3": "",
        "4": "about, around"
      },
      "expansion": "Ancient Greek ἀμφί (amphí, “about, around”)",
      "name": "cog"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Proto-Celtic *ambi (compare Old Irish imb), from Proto-Indo-European *h₂m̥bʰi. Cognate with Latin ambi-, Sanskrit अभि (abhí, “towards, over, upon”), Old Persian 𐎠𐎲𐎡𐎹 (a-b-i-y /⁠abiy⁠/, “towards, against, upon”), Old High German umbi, Ancient Greek ἀμφί (amphí, “about, around”) and the first part of Old Armenian ամբ-ողջ (amb-ołǰ, “whole”).",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "g",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "amdanaf",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "amdanam",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "amdanan",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "amdanat",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "amdanawch",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "second-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "amdanaw",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ymdanaw",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ymdanw m",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "amdanei",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ymdeni f",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ymdanaduð",
      "links": [
        [
          "ymdanaduð",
          "ymdanadud#Middle_Welsh"
        ]
      ],
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ymdadnadunt",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ymdanunt",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "amdanwynt",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "third-person"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "wlm",
        "2": "preposition",
        "3": "triggers lenition"
      },
      "expansion": "am (triggers lenition)",
      "name": "head"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Middle Welsh",
  "lang_code": "wlm",
  "pos": "prep",
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "about"
      ],
      "id": "en-am-wlm-prep-pCYuHJvL",
      "links": [
        [
          "about",
          "about"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "triggers-lenition"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "for, on account of"
      ],
      "id": "en-am-wlm-prep-xM9myyqj",
      "links": [
        [
          "for",
          "for"
        ],
        [
          "on account of",
          "on account of"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "triggers-lenition"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 1 1 0 0 5 2 2 2 4 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 2 5 0 0 8 0 0 2 4 5 5 7 7 7 0 0 1 1 1 1 4 6 0 0 4 0 4 0 1",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "0 2 98",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Middle Welsh entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "1 4 95",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Middle Welsh prepositions",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "concerning, as regards"
      ],
      "id": "en-am-wlm-prep-GeU5GW0o",
      "links": [
        [
          "concerning",
          "concerning"
        ],
        [
          "as regards",
          "as regards"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "triggers-lenition"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/am/"
    }
  ],
  "word": "am"
}
{
  "categories": [
    "Middle Welsh entries with incorrect language header",
    "Middle Welsh lemmas",
    "Middle Welsh prepositions",
    "Middle Welsh terms derived from Proto-Celtic",
    "Middle Welsh terms derived from Proto-Indo-European",
    "Middle Welsh terms inherited from Proto-Celtic",
    "Middle Welsh terms inherited from Proto-Indo-European",
    "Pages with 51 entries",
    "Pages with entries"
  ],
  "derived": [
    {
      "english": "upon",
      "translation": "upon",
      "word": "am ben"
    },
    {
      "english": "on",
      "translation": "on",
      "word": "amdan"
    },
    {
      "english": "about, towards",
      "translation": "about, towards",
      "word": "amgylch"
    },
    {
      "english": "in addition to",
      "translation": "in addition to",
      "word": "amlaw"
    },
    {
      "english": "to put on (clothes etc.)",
      "translation": "to put on (clothes etc.)",
      "word": "gwiscaw am"
    },
    {
      "english": "off; apart from",
      "translation": "off; apart from",
      "word": "y am"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "wlm",
        "2": "cel-pro",
        "3": "*ambi"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Celtic *ambi",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "sga",
        "2": "imb"
      },
      "expansion": "Old Irish imb",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "wlm",
        "2": "ine-pro",
        "3": "*h₂m̥bʰi"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Indo-European *h₂m̥bʰi",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "la",
        "2": "ambi-"
      },
      "expansion": "Latin ambi-",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "sa",
        "2": "अभि",
        "3": "",
        "4": "towards, over, upon",
        "tr": "abhí"
      },
      "expansion": "Sanskrit अभि (abhí, “towards, over, upon”)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "peo",
        "2": "𐎠𐎲𐎡𐎹",
        "3": "",
        "4": "towards, against, upon",
        "ts": "abiy"
      },
      "expansion": "Old Persian 𐎠𐎲𐎡𐎹 (a-b-i-y /⁠abiy⁠/, “towards, against, upon”)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "goh",
        "2": "umbi"
      },
      "expansion": "Old High German umbi",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "grc",
        "2": "ἀμφί",
        "3": "",
        "4": "about, around"
      },
      "expansion": "Ancient Greek ἀμφί (amphí, “about, around”)",
      "name": "cog"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Proto-Celtic *ambi (compare Old Irish imb), from Proto-Indo-European *h₂m̥bʰi. Cognate with Latin ambi-, Sanskrit अभि (abhí, “towards, over, upon”), Old Persian 𐎠𐎲𐎡𐎹 (a-b-i-y /⁠abiy⁠/, “towards, against, upon”), Old High German umbi, Ancient Greek ἀμφί (amphí, “about, around”) and the first part of Old Armenian ամբ-ողջ (amb-ołǰ, “whole”).",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "g",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "amdanaf",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "amdanam",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "amdanan",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "amdanat",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "amdanawch",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "second-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "amdanaw",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ymdanaw",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ymdanw m",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "amdanei",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ymdeni f",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ymdanaduð",
      "links": [
        [
          "ymdanaduð",
          "ymdanadud#Middle_Welsh"
        ]
      ],
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ymdadnadunt",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ymdanunt",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "amdanwynt",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "third-person"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "wlm",
        "2": "preposition",
        "3": "triggers lenition"
      },
      "expansion": "am (triggers lenition)",
      "name": "head"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Middle Welsh",
  "lang_code": "wlm",
  "pos": "prep",
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "about"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "about",
          "about"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "triggers-lenition"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "for, on account of"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "for",
          "for"
        ],
        [
          "on account of",
          "on account of"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "triggers-lenition"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "concerning, as regards"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "concerning",
          "concerning"
        ],
        [
          "as regards",
          "as regards"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "triggers-lenition"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/am/"
    }
  ],
  "word": "am"
}

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