See -yn in All languages combined, or Wiktionary
{
"etymology_links": [
[
"-yn",
"-yn#Middle_Welsh"
],
[
"*-ɨnn",
"Reconstruction:Proto-Brythonic/-ɨnn"
]
],
"etymology_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "cy",
"2": ":inh",
"3": "wlm:-yn<ety:inh<cel-bry-pro:*-ɨnn>>"
},
"expansion": "[Appendix:Glossary#inherited|Inherited]] from\", \"keyword\" : \"inherited\" } ], \"lang_name\" : \"Proto-Brythonic\", \"term\" : \"*-ɨnn\", \"status\" : \"ok\", \"lang\" : \"cel-bry-pro\" } ], \"keyword_label\" : \"Inherited from\", \"keyword\" : \"inherited\" } ], \"lang_name\" : \"Middle Welsh\", \"term\" : \"-yn\", \"status\" : \"inline\", \"lang\" : \"wlm\" } ], \"keyword_label\" : \"Inherited from\", \"keyword\" : \"inherited\" } ], \"lang_name\" : \"Welsh\", \"term\" : \"-yn\", \"status\" : \"ok\", \"lang\" : \"cy\" }\" data-lang=\"cy\" data-title=\"-yn\">",
"name": "ety"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "cy",
"2": "wlm",
"3": "-yn"
},
"expansion": "Middle Welsh -yn",
"name": "inh"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "cy",
"2": "cel-bry-pro",
"3": "*-ɨnn"
},
"expansion": "Proto-Brythonic *-ɨnn",
"name": "inh"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "cy",
"2": ":inh",
"3": "wlm:-yn<ety:inh<cel-bry-pro:*-ɨnn>>"
},
"expansion": "",
"name": "ety"
}
],
"etymology_text": "From Middle Welsh -yn, from Proto-Brythonic *-ɨnn.",
"forms": [
{
"form": "-en",
"tags": [
"feminine"
]
}
],
"head_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "cy",
"2": "suffix",
"3": "feminine",
"4": "-en",
"g": "m"
},
"expansion": "-yn m (feminine -en)",
"name": "head"
}
],
"lang": "Welsh",
"lang_code": "cy",
"pos": "suffix",
"senses": [
{
"categories": [
{
"_dis": "24 25 18 4 29",
"kind": "other",
"name": "Welsh entries with etymon",
"parents": [],
"source": "w+disamb"
},
{
"_dis": "13 14 30 9 34",
"kind": "other",
"name": "Welsh entries with incorrect language header",
"parents": [],
"source": "w+disamb"
}
],
"examples": [
{
"text": "winwns (“onions”) + -yn → winwnsyn (“onion”)",
"type": "example"
},
{
"text": "plant (“children”) + -yn → plentyn (“child”)",
"type": "example"
},
{
"text": "dillad (“clothes”) + -yn → dilledyn (“item of clothing, piece of clothing”)",
"type": "example"
}
],
"glosses": [
"Used to form the singulative of certain words."
],
"id": "en--yn-cy-suffix-JB4pOyfo",
"links": [
[
"singulative",
"singulative#English"
]
],
"tags": [
"masculine",
"morpheme"
]
},
{
"categories": [
{
"_dis": "24 25 18 4 29",
"kind": "other",
"name": "Welsh entries with etymon",
"parents": [],
"source": "w+disamb"
},
{
"_dis": "13 14 30 9 34",
"kind": "other",
"name": "Welsh entries with incorrect language header",
"parents": [],
"source": "w+disamb"
}
],
"examples": [
{
"text": "diferu (“to drop, to drip”) + -yn → diferyn (“drop, drip”)",
"type": "example"
},
{
"text": "planhigion (“plants”) + -yn → planhigyn (“plant”)",
"type": "example"
},
{
"text": "degolion (“decimals”) + -yn → degolyn (“decimal”)",
"type": "example"
}
],
"glosses": [
"Used to form certain singular words."
],
"id": "en--yn-cy-suffix-hEzYYr4w",
"links": [
[
"singular",
"singular#English"
]
],
"tags": [
"masculine",
"morpheme"
]
},
{
"categories": [
{
"_dis": "24 25 18 4 29",
"kind": "other",
"name": "Welsh entries with etymon",
"parents": [],
"source": "w+disamb"
},
{
"_dis": "13 14 30 9 34",
"kind": "other",
"name": "Welsh entries with incorrect language header",
"parents": [],
"source": "w+disamb"
}
],
"examples": [
{
"text": "llyfr (“book”) + -yn → llyfryn (“booklet”)",
"type": "example"
},
{
"text": "arf (“weapon, tool”) + -yn → erfyn (“tool, instrument”)",
"type": "example"
},
{
"text": "clwt (“rag”) + -yn → clwtyn (“(little) rag”)",
"type": "example"
}
],
"glosses": [
"diminutive suffix"
],
"id": "en--yn-cy-suffix-lI9aKYWq",
"tags": [
"diminutive",
"masculine",
"morpheme",
"suffix"
]
},
{
"examples": [
{
"text": "cardota (“to beg”) + -yn → cardotyn (“beggar”)",
"type": "example"
},
{
"text": "meddw (“drunk”) + -yn → meddwyn (“drunkard”)",
"type": "example"
},
{
"text": "crwydro (“to wander”) + -yn → crwydryn (“vagrant”)",
"type": "example"
}
],
"glosses": [
"male or masculine person or creature"
],
"id": "en--yn-cy-suffix-XG3O-iUB",
"links": [
[
"male",
"male"
],
[
"masculine",
"masculine"
]
],
"tags": [
"masculine",
"morpheme"
]
},
{
"categories": [
{
"_dis": "24 25 18 4 29",
"kind": "other",
"name": "Welsh entries with etymon",
"parents": [],
"source": "w+disamb"
},
{
"_dis": "13 14 30 9 34",
"kind": "other",
"name": "Welsh entries with incorrect language header",
"parents": [],
"source": "w+disamb"
}
],
"examples": [
{
"text": "gwydr (“glass”) + -yn → gwydryn (“(drinking) glass”)",
"type": "example"
},
{
"text": "newid (“change”) + -yn → newidyn (“variable”)",
"type": "example"
},
{
"text": "misol (“monthly”) + -yn → misolyn (“monthly (periodical)”)",
"type": "example"
},
{
"text": "echdynnu (“to extract”) + -yn → echdynnyn (“extract”)",
"type": "example"
}
],
"glosses": [
"suffix indicating an object, item, thing"
],
"id": "en--yn-cy-suffix-aJB15KVT",
"links": [
[
"object",
"object#English"
],
[
"item",
"item#English"
],
[
"thing",
"thing#English"
]
],
"tags": [
"masculine",
"morpheme"
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"ipa": "/ɨ̞n/",
"tags": [
"North-Wales"
]
},
{
"ipa": "/ɪn/",
"tags": [
"South-Wales"
]
}
],
"word": "-yn"
}
{
"categories": [
"Pages using catfix",
"Pages using etymon with no ID",
"Pages with 10 entries",
"Pages with entries",
"Pages with etymon",
"Pages with inline etymon for redlinks",
"Welsh entries with etymon",
"Welsh entries with incorrect language header",
"Welsh lemmas",
"Welsh masculine suffixes",
"Welsh suffixes",
"Welsh terms derived from Middle Welsh",
"Welsh terms derived from Proto-Brythonic",
"Welsh terms derived from Proto-Celtic",
"Welsh terms inherited from Middle Welsh",
"Welsh terms inherited from Proto-Brythonic",
"Welsh terms inherited from Proto-Celtic"
],
"etymology_links": [
[
"-yn",
"-yn#Middle_Welsh"
],
[
"*-ɨnn",
"Reconstruction:Proto-Brythonic/-ɨnn"
]
],
"etymology_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "cy",
"2": ":inh",
"3": "wlm:-yn<ety:inh<cel-bry-pro:*-ɨnn>>"
},
"expansion": "[Appendix:Glossary#inherited|Inherited]] from\", \"keyword\" : \"inherited\" } ], \"lang_name\" : \"Proto-Brythonic\", \"term\" : \"*-ɨnn\", \"status\" : \"ok\", \"lang\" : \"cel-bry-pro\" } ], \"keyword_label\" : \"Inherited from\", \"keyword\" : \"inherited\" } ], \"lang_name\" : \"Middle Welsh\", \"term\" : \"-yn\", \"status\" : \"inline\", \"lang\" : \"wlm\" } ], \"keyword_label\" : \"Inherited from\", \"keyword\" : \"inherited\" } ], \"lang_name\" : \"Welsh\", \"term\" : \"-yn\", \"status\" : \"ok\", \"lang\" : \"cy\" }\" data-lang=\"cy\" data-title=\"-yn\">",
"name": "ety"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "cy",
"2": "wlm",
"3": "-yn"
},
"expansion": "Middle Welsh -yn",
"name": "inh"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "cy",
"2": "cel-bry-pro",
"3": "*-ɨnn"
},
"expansion": "Proto-Brythonic *-ɨnn",
"name": "inh"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "cy",
"2": ":inh",
"3": "wlm:-yn<ety:inh<cel-bry-pro:*-ɨnn>>"
},
"expansion": "",
"name": "ety"
}
],
"etymology_text": "From Middle Welsh -yn, from Proto-Brythonic *-ɨnn.",
"forms": [
{
"form": "-en",
"tags": [
"feminine"
]
}
],
"head_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "cy",
"2": "suffix",
"3": "feminine",
"4": "-en",
"g": "m"
},
"expansion": "-yn m (feminine -en)",
"name": "head"
}
],
"lang": "Welsh",
"lang_code": "cy",
"pos": "suffix",
"senses": [
{
"examples": [
{
"text": "winwns (“onions”) + -yn → winwnsyn (“onion”)",
"type": "example"
},
{
"text": "plant (“children”) + -yn → plentyn (“child”)",
"type": "example"
},
{
"text": "dillad (“clothes”) + -yn → dilledyn (“item of clothing, piece of clothing”)",
"type": "example"
}
],
"glosses": [
"Used to form the singulative of certain words."
],
"links": [
[
"singulative",
"singulative#English"
]
],
"tags": [
"masculine",
"morpheme"
]
},
{
"examples": [
{
"text": "diferu (“to drop, to drip”) + -yn → diferyn (“drop, drip”)",
"type": "example"
},
{
"text": "planhigion (“plants”) + -yn → planhigyn (“plant”)",
"type": "example"
},
{
"text": "degolion (“decimals”) + -yn → degolyn (“decimal”)",
"type": "example"
}
],
"glosses": [
"Used to form certain singular words."
],
"links": [
[
"singular",
"singular#English"
]
],
"tags": [
"masculine",
"morpheme"
]
},
{
"examples": [
{
"text": "llyfr (“book”) + -yn → llyfryn (“booklet”)",
"type": "example"
},
{
"text": "arf (“weapon, tool”) + -yn → erfyn (“tool, instrument”)",
"type": "example"
},
{
"text": "clwt (“rag”) + -yn → clwtyn (“(little) rag”)",
"type": "example"
}
],
"glosses": [
"diminutive suffix"
],
"tags": [
"diminutive",
"masculine",
"morpheme",
"suffix"
]
},
{
"examples": [
{
"text": "cardota (“to beg”) + -yn → cardotyn (“beggar”)",
"type": "example"
},
{
"text": "meddw (“drunk”) + -yn → meddwyn (“drunkard”)",
"type": "example"
},
{
"text": "crwydro (“to wander”) + -yn → crwydryn (“vagrant”)",
"type": "example"
}
],
"glosses": [
"male or masculine person or creature"
],
"links": [
[
"male",
"male"
],
[
"masculine",
"masculine"
]
],
"tags": [
"masculine",
"morpheme"
]
},
{
"examples": [
{
"text": "gwydr (“glass”) + -yn → gwydryn (“(drinking) glass”)",
"type": "example"
},
{
"text": "newid (“change”) + -yn → newidyn (“variable”)",
"type": "example"
},
{
"text": "misol (“monthly”) + -yn → misolyn (“monthly (periodical)”)",
"type": "example"
},
{
"text": "echdynnu (“to extract”) + -yn → echdynnyn (“extract”)",
"type": "example"
}
],
"glosses": [
"suffix indicating an object, item, thing"
],
"links": [
[
"object",
"object#English"
],
[
"item",
"item#English"
],
[
"thing",
"thing#English"
]
],
"tags": [
"masculine",
"morpheme"
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"ipa": "/ɨ̞n/",
"tags": [
"North-Wales"
]
},
{
"ipa": "/ɪn/",
"tags": [
"South-Wales"
]
}
],
"word": "-yn"
}
Download raw JSONL data for -yn meaning in Welsh (4.3kB)
This page is a part of the kaikki.org machine-readable Welsh dictionary. This dictionary is based on structured data extracted on 2026-10-25 from the enwiktionary dump dated 2026-10-01 using wiktextract (f9fe161 and 6f96ddf). The data shown on this site has been post-processed and various details (e.g., extra categories) removed, some information disambiguated, and additional data merged from other sources. See the raw data download page for the unprocessed wiktextract data.
If you use this data in academic research, please cite Tatu Ylonen: Wiktextract: Wiktionary as Machine-Readable Structured Data, Proceedings of the 13th Conference on Language Resources and Evaluation (LREC), pp. 1317-1325, Marseille, 20-25 June 2022. Linking to the relevant page(s) under https://kaikki.org would also be greatly appreciated.