"aball" meaning in Welsh

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Noun

IPA: /ˈabaɬ/ [North-Wales], /ˈa(ː)baɬ/ [South-Wales] Forms: aballau [plural], aballoedd [plural], no-table-tags [table-tags], aball [error-unrecognized-form], haball [prothesis-h]
Rhymes: -abaɬ Etymology: Related to aballu (“to perish”), from Proto-Celtic *balnīti (“to die”). Etymology templates: {{inh|cy|cel-pro|*balnīti||to die}} Proto-Celtic *balnīti (“to die”) Head templates: {{cy-noun|m|pl=aballau|pl2=aballoedd}} aball m (plural aballau or aballoedd) Inflection templates: {{cy-mut}}
  1. destruction, ruin Tags: masculine Synonyms: distryw
    Sense id: en-aball-cy-noun-6OOnDS81
  2. defect, failing Tags: masculine Synonyms: diffyg, eisiau, methiant, nam, pall
    Sense id: en-aball-cy-noun-z~TEi0-y Categories (other): Welsh entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Welsh entries with incorrect language header: 5 95
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      "name": "inh"
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  ],
  "etymology_text": "Related to aballu (“to perish”), from Proto-Celtic *balnīti (“to die”).",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "aballau",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "aballoedd",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "mutation",
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      ]
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      "source": "mutation",
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      "form": "aball",
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    },
    {
      "form": "haball",
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        "prothesis-h"
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    }
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    }
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  ],
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  "lang_code": "cy",
  "pos": "noun",
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        "destruction, ruin"
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        }
      ],
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      ]
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          "defect",
          "defect"
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          "failing",
          "failing"
        ]
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "diffyg"
        },
        {
          "word": "eisiau"
        },
        {
          "word": "methiant"
        },
        {
          "word": "nam"
        },
        {
          "word": "pall"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈabaɬ/",
      "tags": [
        "North-Wales"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈa(ː)baɬ/",
      "tags": [
        "South-Wales"
      ]
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-abaɬ"
    }
  ],
  "word": "aball"
}
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    "Welsh countable nouns",
    "Welsh entries with incorrect language header",
    "Welsh lemmas",
    "Welsh masculine nouns",
    "Welsh nouns",
    "Welsh nouns with red links in their headword lines",
    "Welsh terms derived from Proto-Celtic",
    "Welsh terms inherited from Proto-Celtic"
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  ],
  "etymology_text": "Related to aballu (“to perish”), from Proto-Celtic *balnīti (“to die”).",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "aballau",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "aballoedd",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "mutation",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "cy-mut",
      "source": "mutation",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "aball",
      "source": "mutation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "haball",
      "source": "mutation",
      "tags": [
        "prothesis-h"
      ]
    }
  ],
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      "args": {
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  "lang_code": "cy",
  "pos": "noun",
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    {
      "glosses": [
        "destruction, ruin"
      ],
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        [
          "destruction",
          "destruction"
        ],
        [
          "ruin",
          "ruin"
        ]
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "distryw"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "defect, failing"
      ],
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        [
          "defect",
          "defect"
        ],
        [
          "failing",
          "failing"
        ]
      ],
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        {
          "word": "diffyg"
        },
        {
          "word": "eisiau"
        },
        {
          "word": "methiant"
        },
        {
          "word": "nam"
        },
        {
          "word": "pall"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ]
    }
  ],
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      "ipa": "/ˈabaɬ/",
      "tags": [
        "North-Wales"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈa(ː)baɬ/",
      "tags": [
        "South-Wales"
      ]
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-abaɬ"
    }
  ],
  "word": "aball"
}

Download raw JSONL data for aball meaning in Welsh (1.8kB)

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