"beth" meaning in Welsh

See beth in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: /beːθ/ Forms: no-table-tags [table-tags], peth [error-unrecognized-form], beth [soft], mheth [error-unrecognized-form], pheth [error-unrecognized-form]
Etymology: See peth (“thing”). Head templates: {{head|cy|mutated noun}} beth Inflection templates: {{cy-mut|peth}}
  1. Soft mutation of peth. Tags: form-of, mutation-soft Form of: peth
    Sense id: en-beth-cy-noun-ah6pxxQn Categories (other): Pages with 4 entries, Pages with entries, Welsh entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Pages with 4 entries: 3 2 9 26 4 5 25 25 2 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 2 1 7 32 3 3 20 32 1 Disambiguation of Welsh entries with incorrect language header: 95 5
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

Pronoun

IPA: /beːθ/ [colloquial, standard], /beː/ [colloquial], /bɛ/ [colloquial]
Rhymes: -eːθ, -eː Etymology: Originally pa beth (“which thing”) with the soft mutation of peth (“thing”) after pa (“which”), from Proto-Celtic *kʷezdis. Etymology templates: {{inh|cy|cel-pro|*kʷezdis}} Proto-Celtic *kʷezdis Head templates: {{head|cy|pronoun|cat2=interrogative pronouns}} beth
  1. what? Synonyms: be’ [colloquial], pa beth [literary] Derived forms: beth bynnag (english: whatever; anyway), ta beth (english: whatever; anyway) Related terms: dim, dim byd (english: nothing), pob dim, popeth (english: everything), rhywbeth (english: something), unrhyw beth (english: anything)
    Sense id: en-beth-cy-pron-LMmlmuFO Categories (other): Welsh interrogative pronouns, Welsh pronouns
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1
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        "2": "cel-pro",
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    }
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  "etymology_text": "Originally pa beth (“which thing”) with the soft mutation of peth (“thing”) after pa (“which”), from Proto-Celtic *kʷezdis.",
  "head_templates": [
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      },
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    }
  ],
  "lang": "Welsh",
  "lang_code": "cy",
  "pos": "pron",
  "senses": [
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          "kind": "other",
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            "Interrogative pro-forms",
            "Pronouns",
            "Pro-forms",
            "Lemmas",
            "Terms by semantic function"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
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        }
      ],
      "derived": [
        {
          "english": "whatever; anyway",
          "word": "beth bynnag"
        },
        {
          "english": "whatever; anyway",
          "word": "ta beth"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "what?"
      ],
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      "links": [
        [
          "what",
          "what"
        ]
      ],
      "related": [
        {
          "word": "dim"
        },
        {
          "english": "nothing",
          "word": "dim byd"
        },
        {
          "word": "pob dim"
        },
        {
          "english": "everything",
          "word": "popeth"
        },
        {
          "english": "something",
          "word": "rhywbeth"
        },
        {
          "english": "anything",
          "word": "unrhyw beth"
        }
      ],
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          "tags": [
            "colloquial"
          ],
          "word": "be’"
        },
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          "tags": [
            "literary"
          ],
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        }
      ]
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    },
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      "ipa": "/beː/",
      "tags": [
        "colloquial"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/bɛ/",
      "tags": [
        "colloquial"
      ]
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-eːθ"
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-eː"
    }
  ],
  "word": "beth"
}

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        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
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      "source": "mutation",
      "tags": [
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      "tags": [
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    {
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      "tags": [
        "soft"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "mheth",
      "source": "mutation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "pheth",
      "source": "mutation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
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        "1": "peth"
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    }
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  "lang": "Welsh",
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  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
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        {
          "_dis": "3 2 9 26 4 5 25 25 2",
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        "Soft mutation of peth."
      ],
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      "links": [
        [
          "peth",
          "peth#Welsh"
        ]
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        "mutation-soft"
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  "sounds": [
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  "word": "beth"
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    "Welsh mutated nouns",
    "Welsh non-lemma forms",
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    "Welsh terms inherited from Proto-Celtic"
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    {
      "english": "whatever; anyway",
      "word": "beth bynnag"
    },
    {
      "english": "whatever; anyway",
      "word": "ta beth"
    }
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  "etymology_number": 1,
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        "1": "cy",
        "2": "pronoun",
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      },
      "expansion": "beth",
      "name": "head"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Welsh",
  "lang_code": "cy",
  "pos": "pron",
  "related": [
    {
      "word": "dim"
    },
    {
      "english": "nothing",
      "word": "dim byd"
    },
    {
      "word": "pob dim"
    },
    {
      "english": "everything",
      "word": "popeth"
    },
    {
      "english": "something",
      "word": "rhywbeth"
    },
    {
      "english": "anything",
      "word": "unrhyw beth"
    }
  ],
  "senses": [
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      "glosses": [
        "what?"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "what",
          "what"
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    {
      "ipa": "/beːθ/",
      "tags": [
        "colloquial",
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      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/beː/",
      "tags": [
        "colloquial"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/bɛ/",
      "tags": [
        "colloquial"
      ]
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-eːθ"
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-eː"
    }
  ],
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        "colloquial"
      ],
      "word": "be’"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "literary"
      ],
      "word": "pa beth"
    }
  ],
  "word": "beth"
}

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    "Welsh mutated nouns",
    "Welsh non-lemma forms"
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  "etymology_number": 2,
  "etymology_text": "See peth (“thing”).",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "mutation",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "cy-mut",
      "source": "mutation",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "peth",
      "source": "mutation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "beth",
      "source": "mutation",
      "tags": [
        "soft"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "mheth",
      "source": "mutation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "pheth",
      "source": "mutation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    }
  ],
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    {
      "args": {
        "1": "cy",
        "2": "mutated noun"
      },
      "expansion": "beth",
      "name": "head"
    }
  ],
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    {
      "args": {
        "1": "peth"
      },
      "name": "cy-mut"
    }
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  "lang_code": "cy",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
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        "Welsh soft-mutation forms"
      ],
      "form_of": [
        {
          "word": "peth"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Soft mutation of peth."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "peth",
          "peth#Welsh"
        ]
      ],
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        "mutation-soft"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/beːθ/"
    }
  ],
  "word": "beth"
}

Download raw JSONL data for beth meaning in Welsh (2.7kB)

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

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

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  "called_from": "inflection/865",
  "msg": "inflection table: IF WITHOUT ELSE EVALS False: beth/Welsh 'aspirate' base_tags={'error-unrecognized-form', 'soft'}",
  "path": [
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  ],
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  "subsection": "noun",
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}

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