"blaen" meaning in Welsh

See blaen in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adjective

IPA: /blaːɨ̯n/ [North-Wales], /blai̯n/ [South-Wales, colloquial, standard], /blaːn/ [South-Wales, colloquial]
Rhymes: -aːɨ̯n Etymology: Perhaps ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *gʷelH- (“to throw”). Etymology templates: {{der|cy|ine-pro|*gʷelH-||to throw}} Proto-Indo-European *gʷelH- (“to throw”) Head templates: {{cy-adj|ach}} blaen (feminine singular blaen, plural blaen, equative blaened, comparative blaenach, superlative blaenaf) Inflection templates: {{cy-mut}} Forms: blaen [feminine, singular], blaen [plural], blaened [equative], blaenach [comparative], blaenaf [superlative], no-table-tags [table-tags], blaen [mutation, mutation-radical], flaen [mutation, mutation-soft], mlaen [mutation, mutation-nasal]
  1. front, foremost, anterior
    Sense id: en-blaen-cy-adj-nbC6uu~D

Noun

IPA: /blaːɨ̯n/ [North-Wales], /blai̯n/ [South-Wales, colloquial, standard], /blaːn/ [South-Wales, colloquial] Forms: blaenau [plural]
Rhymes: -aːɨ̯n Etymology: Perhaps ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *gʷelH- (“to throw”). Etymology templates: {{der|cy|ine-pro|*gʷelH-||to throw}} Proto-Indo-European *gʷelH- (“to throw”) Head templates: {{cy-noun|m|blaenau}} blaen m (plural blaenau)
  1. tip, point, apex Tags: masculine
    Sense id: en-blaen-cy-noun-VIJAQfM5
  2. front Tags: masculine
    Sense id: en-blaen-cy-noun-LY1pMXes
  3. foremost, first, leader Tags: masculine
    Sense id: en-blaen-cy-noun-67Phf4mu
  4. (usually in the plural) frontier, march, border; uplands, highlands Tags: masculine, plural-normally
    Sense id: en-blaen-cy-noun-ui4VZ9-n Categories (other): Welsh entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Welsh entries with incorrect language header: 10 15 2 4 69
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: blaeneuwr (english: highlander), blaenor (english: elder), o flaen (english: in front of), o'r blaen (english: before, beforehand), ymlaen (english: forward, ahead, on)

Inflected forms

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      "english": "highlander",
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    },
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      "english": "in front of",
      "word": "o flaen"
    },
    {
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      "english": "before, beforehand",
      "word": "o'r blaen"
    },
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      "word": "ymlaen"
    }
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          "border",
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          "uplands",
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        "(usually in the plural) frontier, march, border; uplands, highlands"
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      "ipa": "/blaːɨ̯n/",
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      "ipa": "/blai̯n/",
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        "colloquial",
        "standard"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/blaːn/",
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        "South-Wales",
        "colloquial"
      ]
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-aːɨ̯n"
    }
  ],
  "word": "blaen"
}

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        "superlative"
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        "colloquial"
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    },
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    }
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      "english": "in front of",
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    },
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}

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