"blwydd" meaning in Welsh

See blwydd in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: /bluːɨ̯ð/ [North-Wales], /blʊi̯ð/ [South-Wales] Forms: blwyddi [plural], no-table-tags [table-tags], blwydd [error-unrecognized-form], flwydd [soft], mlwydd [error-unrecognized-form]
Rhymes: -ʊɨ̯ð Etymology: From Middle Welsh blwyð, from Proto-Brythonic *bluɨð, from Proto-Celtic *bleidū (“year”), related to *bleidanī (the source of blwyddyn and Old Irish blíadain), possibly from Proto-Indo-European *bʰleyd- (“pale”), though the semantic connection is weak. See also Lithuanian blai̇̃vas (“whitish, blue, sober”), Proto-West Germanic *blait, Albanian blehurë. Celtic cognates include Cornish bloodh, Breton bloaz; Old Breton blened, Welsh blynedd. Etymology templates: {{inh|cy|wlm|blwyð}} Middle Welsh blwyð, {{inh|cy|cel-bry-pro|*bluɨð}} Proto-Brythonic *bluɨð, {{inh|cy|cel-pro|*bleidū||year}} Proto-Celtic *bleidū (“year”), {{cog|sga|blíadain}} Old Irish blíadain, {{der|cy|ine-pro|*bʰleyd-|t=pale}} Proto-Indo-European *bʰleyd- (“pale”), {{cog|lt|blaĩvas||whitish, blue, sober}} Lithuanian blai̇̃vas (“whitish, blue, sober”), {{cog|gmw-pro|*blait}} Proto-West Germanic *blait, {{cog|sq|blehurë}} Albanian blehurë, {{cog|kw|bloodh}} Cornish bloodh, {{cog|br|bloaz}} Breton bloaz, {{cog|obt|blened}} Old Breton blened, {{cog|cy|blynedd}} Welsh blynedd Head templates: {{cy-noun|f|blwyddi}} blwydd f (plural blwyddi) Inflection templates: {{cy-mut}}
  1. year (of age) Tags: feminine Derived forms: blwyddiadur (english: yearbook), dwyflwydd (english: two years old), lluosflwydd (english: perennial), pen-blwydd (english: anniversary, birthday), unflwydd (english: one year old; (botany) annual)
    Sense id: en-blwydd-cy-noun-GKLaDH9O Categories (other): Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Welsh entries with incorrect language header, Age, Time

Inflected forms

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      "args": {
        "1": "cy",
        "2": "wlm",
        "3": "blwyð"
      },
      "expansion": "Middle Welsh blwyð",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "cy",
        "2": "cel-bry-pro",
        "3": "*bluɨð"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Brythonic *bluɨð",
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    },
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      "args": {
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        "4": "",
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      },
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      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "sga",
        "2": "blíadain"
      },
      "expansion": "Old Irish blíadain",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "cy",
        "2": "ine-pro",
        "3": "*bʰleyd-",
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      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Indo-European *bʰleyd- (“pale”)",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "lt",
        "2": "blaĩvas",
        "3": "",
        "4": "whitish, blue, sober"
      },
      "expansion": "Lithuanian blai̇̃vas (“whitish, blue, sober”)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "gmw-pro",
        "2": "*blait"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-West Germanic *blait",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "sq",
        "2": "blehurë"
      },
      "expansion": "Albanian blehurë",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "kw",
        "2": "bloodh"
      },
      "expansion": "Cornish bloodh",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "br",
        "2": "bloaz"
      },
      "expansion": "Breton bloaz",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "obt",
        "2": "blened"
      },
      "expansion": "Old Breton blened",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "cy",
        "2": "blynedd"
      },
      "expansion": "Welsh blynedd",
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    }
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  "etymology_text": "From Middle Welsh blwyð, from Proto-Brythonic *bluɨð, from Proto-Celtic *bleidū (“year”), related to *bleidanī (the source of blwyddyn and Old Irish blíadain), possibly from Proto-Indo-European *bʰleyd- (“pale”), though the semantic connection is weak. See also Lithuanian blai̇̃vas (“whitish, blue, sober”), Proto-West Germanic *blait, Albanian blehurë.\nCeltic cognates include Cornish bloodh, Breton bloaz; Old Breton blened, Welsh blynedd.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "blwyddi",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "mutation",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "cy-mut",
      "source": "mutation",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "blwydd",
      "source": "mutation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "flwydd",
      "source": "mutation",
      "tags": [
        "soft"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "mlwydd",
      "source": "mutation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "f",
        "2": "blwyddi"
      },
      "expansion": "blwydd f (plural blwyddi)",
      "name": "cy-noun"
    }
  ],
  "inflection_templates": [
    {
      "args": {},
      "name": "cy-mut"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Welsh",
  "lang_code": "cy",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 1 entry",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Welsh entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "langcode": "cy",
          "name": "Age",
          "orig": "cy:Age",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "langcode": "cy",
          "name": "Time",
          "orig": "cy:Time",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "derived": [
        {
          "english": "yearbook",
          "translation": "yearbook",
          "word": "blwyddiadur"
        },
        {
          "english": "two years old",
          "translation": "two years old",
          "word": "dwyflwydd"
        },
        {
          "english": "perennial",
          "translation": "perennial",
          "word": "lluosflwydd"
        },
        {
          "english": "anniversary, birthday",
          "translation": "anniversary, birthday",
          "word": "pen-blwydd"
        },
        {
          "english": "one year old; (botany) annual",
          "translation": "one year old; (botany) annual",
          "word": "unflwydd"
        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "bold_text_offsets": [
            [
              8,
              14
            ]
          ],
          "bold_translation_offsets": [
            [
              5,
              11
            ]
          ],
          "english": "He's a year old.",
          "text": "Mae e'n flwydd",
          "translation": "He's a year old.",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "bold_text_offsets": [
            [
              15,
              21
            ]
          ],
          "bold_translation_offsets": [
            [
              18,
              23
            ]
          ],
          "english": "She will be eight years old tomorrow.",
          "text": "Bydd hi'n wyth mlwydd oed yfory.",
          "translation": "She will be eight years old tomorrow.",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "year (of age)"
      ],
      "id": "en-blwydd-cy-noun-GKLaDH9O",
      "links": [
        [
          "year",
          "year"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/bluːɨ̯ð/",
      "tags": [
        "North-Wales"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/blʊi̯ð/",
      "tags": [
        "South-Wales"
      ]
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-ʊɨ̯ð"
    }
  ],
  "word": "blwydd"
}
{
  "derived": [
    {
      "english": "yearbook",
      "translation": "yearbook",
      "word": "blwyddiadur"
    },
    {
      "english": "two years old",
      "translation": "two years old",
      "word": "dwyflwydd"
    },
    {
      "english": "perennial",
      "translation": "perennial",
      "word": "lluosflwydd"
    },
    {
      "english": "anniversary, birthday",
      "translation": "anniversary, birthday",
      "word": "pen-blwydd"
    },
    {
      "english": "one year old; (botany) annual",
      "translation": "one year old; (botany) annual",
      "word": "unflwydd"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "cy",
        "2": "wlm",
        "3": "blwyð"
      },
      "expansion": "Middle Welsh blwyð",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "cy",
        "2": "cel-bry-pro",
        "3": "*bluɨð"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Brythonic *bluɨð",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "cy",
        "2": "cel-pro",
        "3": "*bleidū",
        "4": "",
        "5": "year"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Celtic *bleidū (“year”)",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "sga",
        "2": "blíadain"
      },
      "expansion": "Old Irish blíadain",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "cy",
        "2": "ine-pro",
        "3": "*bʰleyd-",
        "t": "pale"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Indo-European *bʰleyd- (“pale”)",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "lt",
        "2": "blaĩvas",
        "3": "",
        "4": "whitish, blue, sober"
      },
      "expansion": "Lithuanian blai̇̃vas (“whitish, blue, sober”)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "gmw-pro",
        "2": "*blait"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-West Germanic *blait",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "sq",
        "2": "blehurë"
      },
      "expansion": "Albanian blehurë",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "kw",
        "2": "bloodh"
      },
      "expansion": "Cornish bloodh",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "br",
        "2": "bloaz"
      },
      "expansion": "Breton bloaz",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "obt",
        "2": "blened"
      },
      "expansion": "Old Breton blened",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "cy",
        "2": "blynedd"
      },
      "expansion": "Welsh blynedd",
      "name": "cog"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Middle Welsh blwyð, from Proto-Brythonic *bluɨð, from Proto-Celtic *bleidū (“year”), related to *bleidanī (the source of blwyddyn and Old Irish blíadain), possibly from Proto-Indo-European *bʰleyd- (“pale”), though the semantic connection is weak. See also Lithuanian blai̇̃vas (“whitish, blue, sober”), Proto-West Germanic *blait, Albanian blehurë.\nCeltic cognates include Cornish bloodh, Breton bloaz; Old Breton blened, Welsh blynedd.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "blwyddi",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "mutation",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "cy-mut",
      "source": "mutation",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "blwydd",
      "source": "mutation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "flwydd",
      "source": "mutation",
      "tags": [
        "soft"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "mlwydd",
      "source": "mutation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "f",
        "2": "blwyddi"
      },
      "expansion": "blwydd f (plural blwyddi)",
      "name": "cy-noun"
    }
  ],
  "inflection_templates": [
    {
      "args": {},
      "name": "cy-mut"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Welsh",
  "lang_code": "cy",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "Pages with 1 entry",
        "Pages with entries",
        "Rhymes:Welsh/ʊɨ̯ð",
        "Rhymes:Welsh/ʊɨ̯ð/1 syllable",
        "Welsh countable nouns",
        "Welsh entries with incorrect language header",
        "Welsh feminine nouns",
        "Welsh lemmas",
        "Welsh nouns",
        "Welsh terms derived from Middle Welsh",
        "Welsh terms derived from Proto-Brythonic",
        "Welsh terms derived from Proto-Celtic",
        "Welsh terms derived from Proto-Indo-European",
        "Welsh terms inherited from Middle Welsh",
        "Welsh terms inherited from Proto-Brythonic",
        "Welsh terms inherited from Proto-Celtic",
        "Welsh terms with usage examples",
        "cy:Age",
        "cy:Time"
      ],
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          "bold_text_offsets": [
            [
              8,
              14
            ]
          ],
          "bold_translation_offsets": [
            [
              5,
              11
            ]
          ],
          "english": "He's a year old.",
          "text": "Mae e'n flwydd",
          "translation": "He's a year old.",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "bold_text_offsets": [
            [
              15,
              21
            ]
          ],
          "bold_translation_offsets": [
            [
              18,
              23
            ]
          ],
          "english": "She will be eight years old tomorrow.",
          "text": "Bydd hi'n wyth mlwydd oed yfory.",
          "translation": "She will be eight years old tomorrow.",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "year (of age)"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
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          "year"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/bluːɨ̯ð/",
      "tags": [
        "North-Wales"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/blʊi̯ð/",
      "tags": [
        "South-Wales"
      ]
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-ʊɨ̯ð"
    }
  ],
  "word": "blwydd"
}

Download raw JSONL data for blwydd meaning in Welsh (4.1kB)

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