See blaen in All languages combined, or Wiktionary
{
"derived": [
{
"_dis1": "0 0",
"english": "in front of",
"translation": "in front of",
"word": "o ulaen"
}
],
"etymology_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "wlm",
"2": "cel-bry-pro",
"3": "*blėn"
},
"expansion": "Proto-Brythonic *blėn",
"name": "der"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "cnx",
"2": "blyn",
"t": "tip"
},
"expansion": "Middle Cornish blyn (“tip”)",
"name": "cog"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "xbm",
"2": "blein",
"t": "end, extremity"
},
"expansion": "Middle Breton blein (“end, extremity”)",
"name": "cog"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "wlm",
"2": "ine-pro",
"3": "*gʷelH-",
"4": "",
"5": "to throw"
},
"expansion": "Proto-Indo-European *gʷelH- (“to throw”)",
"name": "der"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "<span class=\"cited-source\">Morris Jones, John (<span class=\"None\" lang=\"und\">1913), <cite>A Welsh Grammar, Historical and Comparative</cite>, Oxford: Clarendon Press, § 215 iii (10)</span></span>"
},
"expansion": "",
"name": "ref"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "sga",
"2": "mlén",
"t": "groin, loin, flank"
},
"expansion": "Old Irish mlén (“groin, loin, flank”)",
"name": "cog"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "<span class=\"cited-source\">R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke, et al., editors (1950–present), “blaen”, in <cite>Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online</cite> (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies</span>"
},
"expansion": "",
"name": "ref"
}
],
"etymology_text": "Apparently from Proto-Brythonic *blėn (whence Middle Cornish blyn (“tip”), Middle Breton blein (“end, extremity”)) though the Welsh vowel does not match the others. Morris Jones suggests a derivation from Proto-Indo-European *gʷelH- (“to throw”), while GPC connects the Brythonic words with Old Irish mlén (“groin, loin, flank”).",
"forms": [
{
"form": "blaeneð",
"links": [
[
"blaeneð",
"blaened"
]
],
"tags": [
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "no-table-tags",
"source": "mutation",
"tags": [
"table-tags"
]
},
{
"form": "l-self",
"source": "mutation",
"tags": [
"inflection-template"
]
},
{
"form": "blaen",
"source": "mutation",
"tags": [
"error-unrecognized-form"
]
},
{
"form": "ulaen",
"source": "mutation",
"tags": [
"soft"
]
},
{
"form": "vlaen",
"source": "mutation",
"tags": [
"soft"
]
},
{
"form": "mlaen",
"source": "mutation",
"tags": [
"error-unrecognized-form"
]
}
],
"lang": "Middle Welsh",
"lang_code": "wlm",
"pos": "noun",
"senses": [
{
"categories": [
{
"_dis": "50 50",
"kind": "other",
"name": "Middle Welsh entries with incorrect language header",
"parents": [],
"source": "w+disamb"
}
],
"glosses": [
"tip, point"
],
"id": "en-blaen-wlm-noun-MWWm2T8F",
"links": [
[
"tip",
"tip"
],
[
"point",
"point"
]
],
"tags": [
"masculine"
]
},
{
"categories": [
{
"_dis": "50 50",
"kind": "other",
"name": "Middle Welsh entries with incorrect language header",
"parents": [],
"source": "w+disamb"
}
],
"glosses": [
"front"
],
"id": "en-blaen-wlm-noun-LY1pMXes",
"links": [
[
"front",
"front"
]
],
"tags": [
"masculine"
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"ipa": "/blaɨ̯n/"
}
],
"word": "blaen"
}
{
"categories": [
"Middle Welsh entries with incorrect language header",
"Middle Welsh lemmas",
"Middle Welsh masculine nouns",
"Middle Welsh nouns",
"Middle Welsh terms derived from Proto-Brythonic",
"Middle Welsh terms derived from Proto-Indo-European",
"Pages with 2 entries",
"Pages with entries"
],
"derived": [
{
"english": "in front of",
"translation": "in front of",
"word": "o ulaen"
}
],
"etymology_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "wlm",
"2": "cel-bry-pro",
"3": "*blėn"
},
"expansion": "Proto-Brythonic *blėn",
"name": "der"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "cnx",
"2": "blyn",
"t": "tip"
},
"expansion": "Middle Cornish blyn (“tip”)",
"name": "cog"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "xbm",
"2": "blein",
"t": "end, extremity"
},
"expansion": "Middle Breton blein (“end, extremity”)",
"name": "cog"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "wlm",
"2": "ine-pro",
"3": "*gʷelH-",
"4": "",
"5": "to throw"
},
"expansion": "Proto-Indo-European *gʷelH- (“to throw”)",
"name": "der"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "<span class=\"cited-source\">Morris Jones, John (<span class=\"None\" lang=\"und\">1913), <cite>A Welsh Grammar, Historical and Comparative</cite>, Oxford: Clarendon Press, § 215 iii (10)</span></span>"
},
"expansion": "",
"name": "ref"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "sga",
"2": "mlén",
"t": "groin, loin, flank"
},
"expansion": "Old Irish mlén (“groin, loin, flank”)",
"name": "cog"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "<span class=\"cited-source\">R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke, et al., editors (1950–present), “blaen”, in <cite>Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online</cite> (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies</span>"
},
"expansion": "",
"name": "ref"
}
],
"etymology_text": "Apparently from Proto-Brythonic *blėn (whence Middle Cornish blyn (“tip”), Middle Breton blein (“end, extremity”)) though the Welsh vowel does not match the others. Morris Jones suggests a derivation from Proto-Indo-European *gʷelH- (“to throw”), while GPC connects the Brythonic words with Old Irish mlén (“groin, loin, flank”).",
"forms": [
{
"form": "blaeneð",
"links": [
[
"blaeneð",
"blaened"
]
],
"tags": [
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "no-table-tags",
"source": "mutation",
"tags": [
"table-tags"
]
},
{
"form": "l-self",
"source": "mutation",
"tags": [
"inflection-template"
]
},
{
"form": "blaen",
"source": "mutation",
"tags": [
"error-unrecognized-form"
]
},
{
"form": "ulaen",
"source": "mutation",
"tags": [
"soft"
]
},
{
"form": "vlaen",
"source": "mutation",
"tags": [
"soft"
]
},
{
"form": "mlaen",
"source": "mutation",
"tags": [
"error-unrecognized-form"
]
}
],
"lang": "Middle Welsh",
"lang_code": "wlm",
"pos": "noun",
"senses": [
{
"glosses": [
"tip, point"
],
"links": [
[
"tip",
"tip"
],
[
"point",
"point"
]
],
"tags": [
"masculine"
]
},
{
"glosses": [
"front"
],
"links": [
[
"front",
"front"
]
],
"tags": [
"masculine"
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"ipa": "/blaɨ̯n/"
}
],
"word": "blaen"
}
Download raw JSONL data for blaen meaning in Middle Welsh (2.8kB)
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"called_from": "inflection/865",
"msg": "inflection table: IF WITHOUT ELSE EVALS False: blaen/Middle Welsh 'radical' base_tags=set()",
"path": [
"blaen"
],
"section": "Middle Welsh",
"subsection": "noun",
"title": "blaen",
"trace": ""
}
{
"called_from": "inflection/865",
"msg": "inflection table: IF WITHOUT ELSE EVALS False: blaen/Middle Welsh 'nasal' base_tags={'soft', 'error-unrecognized-form'}",
"path": [
"blaen"
],
"section": "Middle Welsh",
"subsection": "noun",
"title": "blaen",
"trace": ""
}
{
"called_from": "inflection/865",
"msg": "inflection table: IF WITHOUT ELSE EVALS False: blaen/Middle Welsh 'aspirate' base_tags={'soft', 'error-unrecognized-form'}",
"path": [
"blaen"
],
"section": "Middle Welsh",
"subsection": "noun",
"title": "blaen",
"trace": ""
}
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