"a" meaning in Welsh

See a in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Character

IPA: /aː/ Forms: A [uppercase], no-table-tags [table-tags], afal [mutation, mutation-radical], hafal [mutation, prothesis-h]
Rhymes: -aː Head templates: {{head|cy|letter|lower case||upper case|A}} a (lower case, upper case A) Inflection templates: {{cy-mut|afal}}
  1. The first letter of the Welsh alphabet, called a and written in the Latin script. It is followed by b. Tags: letter, lowercase Synonyms (with acute accent to indicate unusually stressed short vowel): á Synonyms (with circumflex to indicate otherwise unpredictable or unusually stressed long vowel): â Synonyms (with diaeresis to indicate disyllabicity): ä Synonyms (with grave accent to indicate otherwise unpredictable short vowel): à Derived forms (Digraph sequences): ae, ai, au, aw, ay Related terms: other Welsh letters and their names
    Sense id: en-a-cy-character-x3HMFUj0 Categories (other): Welsh entries with incorrect language header, Welsh pronouns Disambiguation of Welsh entries with incorrect language header: 56 0 1 30 13 Disambiguation of Welsh pronouns: 70 1 2 17 10 Disambiguation of 'with acute accent to indicate unusually stressed short vowel': 100 0 Disambiguation of 'with circumflex to indicate otherwise unpredictable or unusually stressed long vowel': 100 0 Disambiguation of 'with diaeresis to indicate disyllabicity': 100 0 Disambiguation of 'with grave accent to indicate otherwise unpredictable short vowel': 100 0
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1

Conjunction

IPA: /a/
Rhymes: -a Etymology: From Old Welsh a(c), from Proto-Brythonic *(h)a, from Proto-Indo-European *ad-gʰe (compare Welsh ag and Cornish ha). Etymology templates: {{inh|cy|owl|a|a(c)}} Old Welsh a(c), {{inh|cy|cel-bry-pro|*(h)a}} Proto-Brythonic *(h)a, {{inh|cy|ine-pro|*ad-gʰe}} Proto-Indo-European *ad-gʰe, {{cog|cy|ag}} Welsh ag, {{cog|kw|ha}} Cornish ha Head templates: {{head|cy|conjunctions}} a
  1. and Synonyms: ac (english: used before a vowel)
    Sense id: en-a-cy-conj-YgERG4Og
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 3

Noun

IPA: /aː/ Forms: âu [plural], no-table-tags [table-tags], a [mutation, mutation-radical], ha [mutation, prothesis-h]
Rhymes: -aː Head templates: {{cy-noun|f|âu}} a f (plural âu) Inflection templates: {{cy-mut}}
  1. The name of the Latin-script letter A. Tags: feminine Categories (topical): Latin letter names
    Sense id: en-a-cy-noun-fr8LR4ci
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1

Pronoun

IPA: /a/
Rhymes: -a Head templates: {{head|cy|pronouns}} a
  1. (relative) that, which, who (used in 'direct' relative clauses, i.e. where the pronoun refers to the subject or the direct object of an inflected verb (as opposed to a periphrastic construction with bod, to be)). Tags: relative
    Sense id: en-a-cy-pron-6IEmfaZS
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 4

Verb

IPA: /aː/
Rhymes: -aː Head templates: {{head|cy|verb forms}} a
  1. (colloquial) first-person singular future of mynd Tags: colloquial, first-person, form-of, future, singular Form of: mynd Synonyms: af [literary]
    Sense id: en-a-cy-verb-wwStXx3P
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

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    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "kw",
        "2": "ha"
      },
      "expansion": "Cornish ha",
      "name": "cog"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Old Welsh a(c), from Proto-Brythonic *(h)a, from Proto-Indo-European *ad-gʰe (compare Welsh ag and Cornish ha).",
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "cy",
        "2": "conjunctions"
      },
      "expansion": "a",
      "name": "head"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Welsh",
  "lang_code": "cy",
  "pos": "conj",
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "and"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "and",
          "and"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/a/"
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-a"
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "english": "used before a vowel",
      "word": "ac"
    }
  ],
  "word": "a"
}

{
  "categories": [
    "Rhymes:Welsh/a",
    "Rhymes:Welsh/a/1 syllable",
    "Welsh entries with incorrect language header",
    "Welsh lemmas",
    "Welsh pronouns",
    "Welsh terms with IPA pronunciation"
  ],
  "etymology_number": 4,
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "cy",
        "2": "pronouns"
      },
      "expansion": "a",
      "name": "head"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Welsh",
  "lang_code": "cy",
  "pos": "pron",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "Welsh terms with usage examples"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "The man whom I saw",
          "text": "Y dyn a welais i",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "that, which, who (used in 'direct' relative clauses, i.e. where the pronoun refers to the subject or the direct object of an inflected verb (as opposed to a periphrastic construction with bod, to be))."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "bod",
          "bod#Welsh"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(relative) that, which, who (used in 'direct' relative clauses, i.e. where the pronoun refers to the subject or the direct object of an inflected verb (as opposed to a periphrastic construction with bod, to be))."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "relative"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/a/"
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-a"
    }
  ],
  "word": "a"
}

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