"Afan" meaning in Welsh

See Afan in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Proper name

IPA: /ˈavan/ Forms: no-table-tags [table-tags], Afan [error-unrecognized-form], Hafan [prothesis-h]
Head templates: {{cy-proper noun|mf}} Afan m or f Inflection templates: {{cy-mut}}
  1. a unisex given name from afon (“river”) or afan (“raspberries”) Tags: feminine, masculine
    Sense id: en-Afan-cy-name-pLWsgDNF Categories (other): Welsh female given names, Welsh given names, Welsh male given names, Welsh unisex given names
  2. Saint Afan of Builth, an early 6th-century Welsh bishop, martyr, and saint. Tags: feminine, masculine
    Sense id: en-Afan-cy-name-rjGiounN Categories (other): Welsh entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Welsh entries with incorrect language header: 13 87
{
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "mutation",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "cy-mut",
      "source": "mutation",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Afan",
      "source": "mutation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Hafan",
      "source": "mutation",
      "tags": [
        "prothesis-h"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "mf"
      },
      "expansion": "Afan m or f",
      "name": "cy-proper noun"
    }
  ],
  "inflection_templates": [
    {
      "args": {},
      "name": "cy-mut"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Welsh",
  "lang_code": "cy",
  "pos": "name",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Welsh female given names",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Welsh given names",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Welsh male given names",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Welsh unisex given names",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "a unisex given name from afon (“river”) or afan (“raspberries”)"
      ],
      "id": "en-Afan-cy-name-pLWsgDNF",
      "links": [
        [
          "given name",
          "given name"
        ],
        [
          "afon",
          "afon#Welsh"
        ],
        [
          "afan",
          "afan#Welsh"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "masculine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "13 87",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Welsh entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Saint Afan of Builth, an early 6th-century Welsh bishop, martyr, and saint."
      ],
      "id": "en-Afan-cy-name-rjGiounN",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "masculine"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈavan/"
    }
  ],
  "wikipedia": [
    "en:Saint_Afan"
  ],
  "word": "Afan"
}
{
  "categories": [
    "Pages with 2 entries",
    "Pages with entries",
    "Welsh entries with incorrect language header",
    "Welsh feminine nouns",
    "Welsh lemmas",
    "Welsh masculine nouns",
    "Welsh nouns with multiple genders",
    "Welsh proper nouns"
  ],
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "mutation",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "cy-mut",
      "source": "mutation",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Afan",
      "source": "mutation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Hafan",
      "source": "mutation",
      "tags": [
        "prothesis-h"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "mf"
      },
      "expansion": "Afan m or f",
      "name": "cy-proper noun"
    }
  ],
  "inflection_templates": [
    {
      "args": {},
      "name": "cy-mut"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Welsh",
  "lang_code": "cy",
  "pos": "name",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "Welsh female given names",
        "Welsh given names",
        "Welsh male given names",
        "Welsh unisex given names"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "a unisex given name from afon (“river”) or afan (“raspberries”)"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "given name",
          "given name"
        ],
        [
          "afon",
          "afon#Welsh"
        ],
        [
          "afan",
          "afan#Welsh"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "masculine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "Saint Afan of Builth, an early 6th-century Welsh bishop, martyr, and saint."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "masculine"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈavan/"
    }
  ],
  "wikipedia": [
    "en:Saint_Afan"
  ],
  "word": "Afan"
}

Download raw JSONL data for Afan meaning in Welsh (1.3kB)

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  "called_from": "inflection/865",
  "msg": "inflection table: IF WITHOUT ELSE EVALS False: Afan/Welsh 'radical' base_tags=set()",
  "path": [
    "Afan"
  ],
  "section": "Welsh",
  "subsection": "proper noun",
  "title": "Afan",
  "trace": ""
}

{
  "called_from": "inflection/865",
  "msg": "inflection table: IF WITHOUT ELSE EVALS False: Afan/Welsh 'nasal' base_tags={'error-unrecognized-form', 'soft'}",
  "path": [
    "Afan"
  ],
  "section": "Welsh",
  "subsection": "proper noun",
  "title": "Afan",
  "trace": ""
}

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