"bluchan" meaning in Scots

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Noun

Forms: bluchans [plural]
Etymology: Probably from Cumbric *bluch + *-an. Compare Middle Welsh blwch (“bare, bald”) + the diminutive suffix -an. Etymology templates: {{der|sco|xcb|*bluch + *-an}} Cumbric *bluch + *-an, {{cog|wlm|blwch||bare, bald}} Middle Welsh blwch (“bare, bald”) Head templates: {{head|sco|noun|||plural|bluchans|||||cat2=|cat3=|checkredlinks=1|head=}} bluchan (plural bluchans), {{sco-noun}} bluchan (plural bluchans)
  1. (rare, Galloway) pollock, coalfish Tags: rare
    Sense id: en-bluchan-sco-noun-egfpw2Ch Categories (other): Cumbric terms in nonstandard scripts, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Scots entries with incorrect language header
     
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    }
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  "etymology_text": "Probably from Cumbric *bluch + *-an. Compare Middle Welsh blwch (“bare, bald”) + the diminutive suffix -an.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "bluchans",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
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      "name": "head"
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      "expansion": "bluchan (plural bluchans)",
      "name": "sco-noun"
    }
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  "lang_code": "sco",
  "pos": "noun",
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          "name": "Cumbric terms in nonstandard scripts",
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          "source": "w"
        },
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        "pollock, coalfish"
      ],
      "id": "en-bluchan-sco-noun-egfpw2Ch",
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        [
          "pollock",
          "pollock"
        ],
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          "coalfish",
          "coalfish"
        ]
      ],
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        "(rare, Galloway) pollock, coalfish"
      ],
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      },
      "expansion": "Cumbric *bluch + *-an",
      "name": "der"
    },
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        "3": "",
        "4": "bare, bald"
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      "expansion": "Middle Welsh blwch (“bare, bald”)",
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    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Probably from Cumbric *bluch + *-an. Compare Middle Welsh blwch (“bare, bald”) + the diminutive suffix -an.",
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      "tags": [
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      ]
    }
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        "Pages with entries",
        "Scots entries with incorrect language header",
        "Scots lemmas",
        "Scots nouns",
        "Scots nouns with red links in their headword lines",
        "Scots terms derived from Cumbric",
        "Scots terms with rare senses"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "pollock, coalfish"
      ],
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        ],
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        "(rare, Galloway) pollock, coalfish"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "rare"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "bluchan"
}

Download raw JSONL data for bluchan meaning in Scots (1.3kB)

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