"blodyn" meaning in Welsh

See blodyn in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: /ˈblɔdɨ̞n/ [North-Wales], /ˈbloːdɪn/ [South-Wales], /ˈblɔdɪn/ [South-Wales] Forms: blodau [plural], no-table-tags [table-tags], blodyn [error-unrecognized-form], flodyn [soft], mlodyn [error-unrecognized-form], blodeuyn [alternative]
Rhymes: -ɔdɨ̞n Etymology: From old plural blawd (“flowers”) + -yn, from Middle Welsh blawt, from Proto-Celtic *blātus (compare Cornish bleujen, Breton bleuñv, Irish bláth), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰleh₃- (“blossom, flower”). Etymology templates: {{af|cy|blawd|-yn|t1=flowers}} blawd (“flowers”) + -yn, {{inh|cy|wlm|blawt}} Middle Welsh blawt, {{inh|cy|cel-pro|*blātus}} Proto-Celtic *blātus, {{cog|kw|bleujen}} Cornish bleujen, {{cog|br|bleuñv}} Breton bleuñv, {{cog|ga|bláth}} Irish bláth, {{der|cy|ine-pro|*bʰleh₃-||blossom, flower}} Proto-Indo-European *bʰleh₃- (“blossom, flower”) Head templates: {{cy-noun|m|blodau}} blodyn m (plural blodau) Inflection templates: {{cy-mut}}
  1. (botany) flower Tags: masculine Synonyms: fflŵr
    Sense id: en-blodyn-cy-noun-wGsM~gzF Categories (other): Botany, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Welsh entries with incorrect language header, Welsh terms suffixed with -yn, Flowers Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 92 8 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 93 7 Disambiguation of Welsh entries with incorrect language header: 82 18 Disambiguation of Welsh terms suffixed with -yn: 71 29 Disambiguation of Flowers: 93 7 Topics: biology, botany, natural-sciences
  2. Term of fond address Tags: masculine
    Sense id: en-blodyn-cy-noun-1b7x17Dg
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: blodau cyn Mai, gorau na bai (english: Flowers before May, better without them), blodau dyddiau (english: prime of life), blodeulen (english: bract), blodeuo (english: to flower), blodyn neidr, blodyn taranau, blodyn crach, blodyn y meirch (english: red campion), blodyn tatws (english: potato flower; term of endearment), blodyn y gwynt (english: anemone), blodyn ymenyn (english: buttercup), blodyn yr haul (english: sunflower), gardd flodau (english: flower garden), gwely blodau (english: flower bed), gwerthwr blodau (english: florist), myrdd-ddail blodau bob yn ail (english: alternate water-milfoil), pâm blodau (english: flower bed), rhif y blodau (english: countless), siop flodau (english: florist's), Sul y Blodau (english: Palm Sunday), torch flodau, torch o flodau (english: wreath of flowers), y Ddawns Flodau (english: Gorsedd Cymru ceremonial floral dance), yn ei flodau (english: in bloom; in his prime)

Inflected forms

{
  "derived": [
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "english": "Flowers before May, better without them",
      "translation": "Flowers before May, better without them",
      "word": "blodau cyn Mai, gorau na bai"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "english": "prime of life",
      "translation": "prime of life",
      "word": "blodau dyddiau"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "english": "bract",
      "translation": "bract",
      "word": "blodeulen"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "english": "to flower",
      "translation": "to flower",
      "word": "blodeuo"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "blodyn neidr"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "blodyn taranau"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "blodyn crach"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "english": "red campion",
      "translation": "red campion",
      "word": "blodyn y meirch"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "english": "potato flower; term of endearment",
      "translation": "potato flower; term of endearment",
      "word": "blodyn tatws"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "english": "anemone",
      "translation": "anemone",
      "word": "blodyn y gwynt"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "english": "buttercup",
      "translation": "buttercup",
      "word": "blodyn ymenyn"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "english": "sunflower",
      "translation": "sunflower",
      "word": "blodyn yr haul"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "english": "flower garden",
      "translation": "flower garden",
      "word": "gardd flodau"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "english": "flower bed",
      "translation": "flower bed",
      "word": "gwely blodau"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "english": "florist",
      "translation": "florist",
      "word": "gwerthwr blodau"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "english": "alternate water-milfoil",
      "translation": "alternate water-milfoil",
      "word": "myrdd-ddail blodau bob yn ail"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "english": "flower bed",
      "translation": "flower bed",
      "word": "pâm blodau"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "english": "countless",
      "translation": "countless",
      "word": "rhif y blodau"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "english": "florist's",
      "translation": "florist's",
      "word": "siop flodau"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "english": "Palm Sunday",
      "translation": "Palm Sunday",
      "word": "Sul y Blodau"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "torch flodau"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "english": "wreath of flowers",
      "translation": "wreath of flowers",
      "word": "torch o flodau"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "english": "Gorsedd Cymru ceremonial floral dance",
      "translation": "Gorsedd Cymru ceremonial floral dance",
      "word": "y Ddawns Flodau"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "english": "in bloom; in his prime",
      "translation": "in bloom; in his prime",
      "word": "yn ei flodau"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "cy",
        "2": "blawd",
        "3": "-yn",
        "t1": "flowers"
      },
      "expansion": "blawd (“flowers”) + -yn",
      "name": "af"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "cy",
        "2": "wlm",
        "3": "blawt"
      },
      "expansion": "Middle Welsh blawt",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "cy",
        "2": "cel-pro",
        "3": "*blātus"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Celtic *blātus",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "kw",
        "2": "bleujen"
      },
      "expansion": "Cornish bleujen",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "br",
        "2": "bleuñv"
      },
      "expansion": "Breton bleuñv",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ga",
        "2": "bláth"
      },
      "expansion": "Irish bláth",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "cy",
        "2": "ine-pro",
        "3": "*bʰleh₃-",
        "4": "",
        "5": "blossom, flower"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Indo-European *bʰleh₃- (“blossom, flower”)",
      "name": "der"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From old plural blawd (“flowers”) + -yn, from Middle Welsh blawt, from Proto-Celtic *blātus (compare Cornish bleujen, Breton bleuñv, Irish bláth), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰleh₃- (“blossom, flower”).",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "blodau",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "mutation",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "cy-mut",
      "source": "mutation",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "blodyn",
      "source": "mutation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "flodyn",
      "source": "mutation",
      "tags": [
        "soft"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "mlodyn",
      "source": "mutation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "blodeuyn",
      "tags": [
        "alternative"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "m",
        "2": "blodau"
      },
      "expansion": "blodyn m (plural blodau)",
      "name": "cy-noun"
    }
  ],
  "inflection_templates": [
    {
      "args": {},
      "name": "cy-mut"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Welsh",
  "lang_code": "cy",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "langcode": "cy",
          "name": "Botany",
          "orig": "cy:Botany",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "92 8",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 1 entry",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "93 7",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "82 18",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Welsh entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "71 29",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Welsh terms suffixed with -yn",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "93 7",
          "kind": "other",
          "langcode": "cy",
          "name": "Flowers",
          "orig": "cy:Flowers",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "flower"
      ],
      "id": "en-blodyn-cy-noun-wGsM~gzF",
      "links": [
        [
          "botany",
          "botany"
        ],
        [
          "flower",
          "flower"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(botany) flower"
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "fflŵr"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "topics": [
        "biology",
        "botany",
        "natural-sciences"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [],
      "examples": [
        {
          "bold_text_offsets": [
            [
              11,
              17
            ]
          ],
          "bold_translation_offsets": [
            [
              13,
              22
            ]
          ],
          "english": "You alright, my lovely?",
          "text": "Ti'n iawn, blodyn?",
          "translation": "You alright, my lovely?",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Term of fond address"
      ],
      "id": "en-blodyn-cy-noun-1b7x17Dg",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈblɔdɨ̞n/",
      "tags": [
        "North-Wales"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈbloːdɪn/",
      "tags": [
        "South-Wales"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈblɔdɪn/",
      "tags": [
        "South-Wales"
      ]
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-ɔdɨ̞n"
    }
  ],
  "word": "blodyn"
}
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    "Pages with 1 entry",
    "Pages with entries",
    "Rhymes:Welsh/ɔdɨ̞n",
    "Rhymes:Welsh/ɔdɨ̞n/2 syllables",
    "Welsh countable nouns",
    "Welsh entries with incorrect language header",
    "Welsh lemmas",
    "Welsh masculine nouns",
    "Welsh nouns",
    "Welsh terms derived from Middle Welsh",
    "Welsh terms derived from Proto-Celtic",
    "Welsh terms derived from Proto-Indo-European",
    "Welsh terms inherited from Middle Welsh",
    "Welsh terms inherited from Proto-Celtic",
    "Welsh terms suffixed with -yn",
    "cy:Flowers"
  ],
  "derived": [
    {
      "english": "Flowers before May, better without them",
      "translation": "Flowers before May, better without them",
      "word": "blodau cyn Mai, gorau na bai"
    },
    {
      "english": "prime of life",
      "translation": "prime of life",
      "word": "blodau dyddiau"
    },
    {
      "english": "bract",
      "translation": "bract",
      "word": "blodeulen"
    },
    {
      "english": "to flower",
      "translation": "to flower",
      "word": "blodeuo"
    },
    {
      "word": "blodyn neidr"
    },
    {
      "word": "blodyn taranau"
    },
    {
      "word": "blodyn crach"
    },
    {
      "english": "red campion",
      "translation": "red campion",
      "word": "blodyn y meirch"
    },
    {
      "english": "potato flower; term of endearment",
      "translation": "potato flower; term of endearment",
      "word": "blodyn tatws"
    },
    {
      "english": "anemone",
      "translation": "anemone",
      "word": "blodyn y gwynt"
    },
    {
      "english": "buttercup",
      "translation": "buttercup",
      "word": "blodyn ymenyn"
    },
    {
      "english": "sunflower",
      "translation": "sunflower",
      "word": "blodyn yr haul"
    },
    {
      "english": "flower garden",
      "translation": "flower garden",
      "word": "gardd flodau"
    },
    {
      "english": "flower bed",
      "translation": "flower bed",
      "word": "gwely blodau"
    },
    {
      "english": "florist",
      "translation": "florist",
      "word": "gwerthwr blodau"
    },
    {
      "english": "alternate water-milfoil",
      "translation": "alternate water-milfoil",
      "word": "myrdd-ddail blodau bob yn ail"
    },
    {
      "english": "flower bed",
      "translation": "flower bed",
      "word": "pâm blodau"
    },
    {
      "english": "countless",
      "translation": "countless",
      "word": "rhif y blodau"
    },
    {
      "english": "florist's",
      "translation": "florist's",
      "word": "siop flodau"
    },
    {
      "english": "Palm Sunday",
      "translation": "Palm Sunday",
      "word": "Sul y Blodau"
    },
    {
      "word": "torch flodau"
    },
    {
      "english": "wreath of flowers",
      "translation": "wreath of flowers",
      "word": "torch o flodau"
    },
    {
      "english": "Gorsedd Cymru ceremonial floral dance",
      "translation": "Gorsedd Cymru ceremonial floral dance",
      "word": "y Ddawns Flodau"
    },
    {
      "english": "in bloom; in his prime",
      "translation": "in bloom; in his prime",
      "word": "yn ei flodau"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "cy",
        "2": "blawd",
        "3": "-yn",
        "t1": "flowers"
      },
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      "name": "af"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "cy",
        "2": "wlm",
        "3": "blawt"
      },
      "expansion": "Middle Welsh blawt",
      "name": "inh"
    },
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      "args": {
        "1": "cy",
        "2": "cel-pro",
        "3": "*blātus"
      },
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      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "kw",
        "2": "bleujen"
      },
      "expansion": "Cornish bleujen",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "br",
        "2": "bleuñv"
      },
      "expansion": "Breton bleuñv",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ga",
        "2": "bláth"
      },
      "expansion": "Irish bláth",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "cy",
        "2": "ine-pro",
        "3": "*bʰleh₃-",
        "4": "",
        "5": "blossom, flower"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Indo-European *bʰleh₃- (“blossom, flower”)",
      "name": "der"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From old plural blawd (“flowers”) + -yn, from Middle Welsh blawt, from Proto-Celtic *blātus (compare Cornish bleujen, Breton bleuñv, Irish bláth), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰleh₃- (“blossom, flower”).",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "blodau",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "mutation",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "cy-mut",
      "source": "mutation",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "blodyn",
      "source": "mutation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "flodyn",
      "source": "mutation",
      "tags": [
        "soft"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "mlodyn",
      "source": "mutation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "blodeuyn",
      "tags": [
        "alternative"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "m",
        "2": "blodau"
      },
      "expansion": "blodyn m (plural blodau)",
      "name": "cy-noun"
    }
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      "args": {},
      "name": "cy-mut"
    }
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  "lang": "Welsh",
  "lang_code": "cy",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "cy:Botany"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "flower"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "botany",
          "botany"
        ],
        [
          "flower",
          "flower"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(botany) flower"
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "fflŵr"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "topics": [
        "biology",
        "botany",
        "natural-sciences"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "Welsh terms with usage examples"
      ],
      "examples": [
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              11,
              17
            ]
          ],
          "bold_translation_offsets": [
            [
              13,
              22
            ]
          ],
          "english": "You alright, my lovely?",
          "text": "Ti'n iawn, blodyn?",
          "translation": "You alright, my lovely?",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Term of fond address"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈblɔdɨ̞n/",
      "tags": [
        "North-Wales"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈbloːdɪn/",
      "tags": [
        "South-Wales"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈblɔdɪn/",
      "tags": [
        "South-Wales"
      ]
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-ɔdɨ̞n"
    }
  ],
  "word": "blodyn"
}

Download raw JSONL data for blodyn meaning in Welsh (4.9kB)

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