"-ach" meaning in Welsh

See -ach in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Suffix

IPA: /aχ/
Etymology: From Middle Welsh -ach, from Proto-Brythonic *-ox, with the vowel altered by influence from -af. Etymology templates: {{inh|cy|wlm|-ach}} Middle Welsh -ach, {{inh|cy|cel-bry-pro|*-ox}} Proto-Brythonic *-ox Head templates: {{head|cy|suffix}} -ach
  1. Forms a comparative adjective. Tags: morpheme
    Sense id: en--ach-cy-suffix-cy:comparative_adjective
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1

Suffix

IPA: /aχ/
Head templates: {{head|cy|suffix}} -ach
  1. pejorative suffix Tags: morpheme Synonyms: -iach
    Sense id: en--ach-cy-suffix-cy:pejorative
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

Suffix

IPA: /aχ/
Head templates: {{head|cy|suffix|g=f}} -ach f
  1. suffix forming abstract nouns and some verbnouns Tags: feminine, morpheme
    Sense id: en--ach-cy-suffix-cy:abstract_noun Categories (other): Welsh entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Welsh entries with incorrect language header: 3 23 74
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 3
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      "expansion": "Middle Welsh -ach",
      "name": "inh"
    },
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      "args": {
        "1": "cy",
        "2": "cel-bry-pro",
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        {
          "text": "ifanc (“young”) + -ach → ifancach (“younger”)",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "text": "pwysig (“important”) + -ach → pwysicach (“more important”)",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "text": "tlawd (“poor”) + -ach → tlotach (“poorer”)",
          "type": "example"
        }
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        "Forms a comparative adjective."
      ],
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          "text": "cor (“dwarf”) + -ach → corrach (“dwarf, gnome”)",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "text": "cawl (“soup”) + -ach → cawlach (“mess, hotchpotch”)",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "text": "dillad (“clothes”) + -ach → dilladach (“old clothes, worthless clothing”)",
          "type": "example"
        }
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          "type": "example"
        },
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          "type": "example"
        },
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          "text": "clinc (“clink, tinkle”) + tarddu (“emerge, erupt”) + -ach → clindarddarch (“crackling; to crackle”)",
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      "ipa": "/aχ/"
    }
  ],
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    "Welsh terms derived from Middle Welsh",
    "Welsh terms derived from Proto-Brythonic",
    "Welsh terms inherited from Middle Welsh",
    "Welsh terms inherited from Proto-Brythonic"
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          "type": "example"
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          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "text": "tlawd (“poor”) + -ach → tlotach (“poorer”)",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
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      "ipa": "/aχ/"
    }
  ],
  "word": "-ach"
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        },
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          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "text": "dillad (“clothes”) + -ach → dilladach (“old clothes, worthless clothing”)",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
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    {
      "ipa": "/aχ/"
    }
  ],
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    {
      "word": "-iach"
    }
  ],
  "word": "-ach"
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          "type": "example"
        },
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          "text": "clinc (“clink, tinkle”) + tarddu (“emerge, erupt”) + -ach → clindarddarch (“crackling; to crackle”)",
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  ],
  "word": "-ach"
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