"blaen" meaning in Welsh

See blaen in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: /blaːɨ̯n/ [North-Wales], /blai̯n/ [South-Wales, colloquial, standard], /blaːn/ [South-Wales, colloquial] Forms: blaenau [plural], no-table-tags [table-tags], blaen [error-unrecognized-form], flaen [soft], mlaen [error-unrecognized-form]
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) Inflection templates: {{cy-mut}}
  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): Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Welsh entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 5 5 5 86 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 4 4 4 87 Disambiguation of Welsh entries with incorrect language header: 3 3 6 87
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: blaengar (english: prominent; advanced), blaenaf (english: foremost), blaenbwl (english: blunt-tipped), blaeneuwr (english: highlander), blaenfain, blaenllym (english: tapering, pointy), blaenol (english: preceding, foremost), blaenor (english: elder), blaenu (english: to lead, to precede), blaenyrru (english: to forward), golau blaen (english: headlight), o flaen (english: in front of), o'r blaen (english: before, beforehand), ymlaen (english: forward, ahead, on)

Inflected forms

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  "derived": [
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "english": "prominent; advanced",
      "translation": "prominent; advanced",
      "word": "blaengar"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "english": "foremost",
      "translation": "foremost",
      "word": "blaenaf"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "english": "blunt-tipped",
      "translation": "blunt-tipped",
      "word": "blaenbwl"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "english": "highlander",
      "translation": "highlander",
      "word": "blaeneuwr"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "word": "blaenfain"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "english": "tapering, pointy",
      "translation": "tapering, pointy",
      "word": "blaenllym"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "english": "preceding, foremost",
      "translation": "preceding, foremost",
      "word": "blaenol"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "english": "elder",
      "translation": "elder",
      "word": "blaenor"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "english": "to lead, to precede",
      "translation": "to lead, to precede",
      "word": "blaenu"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "english": "to forward",
      "translation": "to forward",
      "word": "blaenyrru"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "english": "headlight",
      "translation": "headlight",
      "word": "golau blaen"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "english": "in front of",
      "translation": "in front of",
      "word": "o flaen"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "english": "before, beforehand",
      "translation": "before, beforehand",
      "word": "o'r blaen"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "english": "forward, ahead, on",
      "translation": "forward, ahead, on",
      "word": "ymlaen"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "cy",
        "2": "ine-pro",
        "3": "*gʷelH-",
        "4": "",
        "5": "to throw"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Indo-European *gʷelH- (“to throw”)",
      "name": "der"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Perhaps ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *gʷelH- (“to throw”).",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "blaenau",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "mutation",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "cy-mut",
      "source": "mutation",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "blaen",
      "source": "mutation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "flaen",
      "source": "mutation",
      "tags": [
        "soft"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "mlaen",
      "source": "mutation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "m",
        "2": "blaenau"
      },
      "expansion": "blaen m (plural blaenau)",
      "name": "cy-noun"
    }
  ],
  "inflection_templates": [
    {
      "args": {},
      "name": "cy-mut"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Welsh",
  "lang_code": "cy",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "tip, point, apex"
      ],
      "id": "en-blaen-cy-noun-VIJAQfM5",
      "links": [
        [
          "tip",
          "tip"
        ],
        [
          "point",
          "point"
        ],
        [
          "apex",
          "apex"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "front"
      ],
      "id": "en-blaen-cy-noun-LY1pMXes",
      "links": [
        [
          "front",
          "front"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "foremost, first, leader"
      ],
      "id": "en-blaen-cy-noun-67Phf4mu",
      "links": [
        [
          "foremost",
          "foremost"
        ],
        [
          "first",
          "first"
        ],
        [
          "leader",
          "leader"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "5 5 5 86",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 1 entry",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "4 4 4 87",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "3 3 6 87",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Welsh entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "frontier, march, border; uplands, highlands"
      ],
      "id": "en-blaen-cy-noun-ui4VZ9-n",
      "links": [
        [
          "frontier",
          "frontier"
        ],
        [
          "march",
          "march"
        ],
        [
          "border",
          "border"
        ],
        [
          "uplands",
          "uplands"
        ],
        [
          "highlands",
          "highlands"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(usually in the plural) frontier, march, border; uplands, highlands"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "masculine",
        "plural-normally"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/blaːɨ̯n/",
      "tags": [
        "North-Wales"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/blai̯n/",
      "tags": [
        "South-Wales",
        "colloquial",
        "standard"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/blaːn/",
      "tags": [
        "South-Wales",
        "colloquial"
      ]
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-aːɨ̯n"
    }
  ],
  "word": "blaen"
}
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    "Pages with 1 entry",
    "Pages with entries",
    "Rhymes:Welsh/aːɨ̯n",
    "Rhymes:Welsh/aːɨ̯n/1 syllable",
    "Welsh countable nouns",
    "Welsh entries with incorrect language header",
    "Welsh lemmas",
    "Welsh masculine nouns",
    "Welsh nouns",
    "Welsh terms derived from Proto-Indo-European"
  ],
  "derived": [
    {
      "english": "prominent; advanced",
      "translation": "prominent; advanced",
      "word": "blaengar"
    },
    {
      "english": "foremost",
      "translation": "foremost",
      "word": "blaenaf"
    },
    {
      "english": "blunt-tipped",
      "translation": "blunt-tipped",
      "word": "blaenbwl"
    },
    {
      "english": "highlander",
      "translation": "highlander",
      "word": "blaeneuwr"
    },
    {
      "word": "blaenfain"
    },
    {
      "english": "tapering, pointy",
      "translation": "tapering, pointy",
      "word": "blaenllym"
    },
    {
      "english": "preceding, foremost",
      "translation": "preceding, foremost",
      "word": "blaenol"
    },
    {
      "english": "elder",
      "translation": "elder",
      "word": "blaenor"
    },
    {
      "english": "to lead, to precede",
      "translation": "to lead, to precede",
      "word": "blaenu"
    },
    {
      "english": "to forward",
      "translation": "to forward",
      "word": "blaenyrru"
    },
    {
      "english": "headlight",
      "translation": "headlight",
      "word": "golau blaen"
    },
    {
      "english": "in front of",
      "translation": "in front of",
      "word": "o flaen"
    },
    {
      "english": "before, beforehand",
      "translation": "before, beforehand",
      "word": "o'r blaen"
    },
    {
      "english": "forward, ahead, on",
      "translation": "forward, ahead, on",
      "word": "ymlaen"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "cy",
        "2": "ine-pro",
        "3": "*gʷelH-",
        "4": "",
        "5": "to throw"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Indo-European *gʷelH- (“to throw”)",
      "name": "der"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Perhaps ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *gʷelH- (“to throw”).",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "blaenau",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "mutation",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "cy-mut",
      "source": "mutation",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "blaen",
      "source": "mutation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "flaen",
      "source": "mutation",
      "tags": [
        "soft"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "mlaen",
      "source": "mutation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "m",
        "2": "blaenau"
      },
      "expansion": "blaen m (plural blaenau)",
      "name": "cy-noun"
    }
  ],
  "inflection_templates": [
    {
      "args": {},
      "name": "cy-mut"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Welsh",
  "lang_code": "cy",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "tip, point, apex"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "tip",
          "tip"
        ],
        [
          "point",
          "point"
        ],
        [
          "apex",
          "apex"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "front"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "front",
          "front"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "foremost, first, leader"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "foremost",
          "foremost"
        ],
        [
          "first",
          "first"
        ],
        [
          "leader",
          "leader"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "frontier, march, border; uplands, highlands"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "frontier",
          "frontier"
        ],
        [
          "march",
          "march"
        ],
        [
          "border",
          "border"
        ],
        [
          "uplands",
          "uplands"
        ],
        [
          "highlands",
          "highlands"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(usually in the plural) frontier, march, border; uplands, highlands"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "masculine",
        "plural-normally"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/blaːɨ̯n/",
      "tags": [
        "North-Wales"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/blai̯n/",
      "tags": [
        "South-Wales",
        "colloquial",
        "standard"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/blaːn/",
      "tags": [
        "South-Wales",
        "colloquial"
      ]
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-aːɨ̯n"
    }
  ],
  "word": "blaen"
}

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