"brenin" meaning in Welsh

See brenin in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: /ˈbrɛnɪn/ [North-Wales], /ˈbreːnɪn/ [South-Wales], /ˈbrɛnɪn/ [South-Wales] Forms: brenhinoedd [plural], brenhines [feminine], no-table-tags [table-tags], brenin [error-unrecognized-form], frenin [soft], mrenin [error-unrecognized-form]
Etymology: From Middle Welsh brenhin, from Proto-Brythonic *brɨɣėntin, from Proto-Celtic *brigantīnos (“(someone) pre-eminent, outstanding”), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰerǵʰ-. Etymology templates: {{root|cy|ine-pro|*bʰerǵʰ-}}, {{inh|cy|wlm|brenhin}} Middle Welsh brenhin, {{inh|cy|cel-bry-pro|*brɨɣėntin}} Proto-Brythonic *brɨɣėntin, {{inh|cy|cel-pro|*brigantīnos||(someone) pre-eminent, outstanding}} Proto-Celtic *brigantīnos (“(someone) pre-eminent, outstanding”), {{der|cy|ine-pro|*bʰerǵʰ-}} Proto-Indo-European *bʰerǵʰ- Head templates: {{cy-noun|m|brenhinoedd|f=brenhines}} brenin m (plural brenhinoedd, feminine brenhines) Inflection templates: {{cy-mut}}
  1. king, monarch, sovereign (abbrev. bre) Tags: masculine Synonyms: rhi, teyrn, pennaeth
    Sense id: en-brenin-cy-noun-Yc6AgCTp Categories (other): Monarchy Disambiguation of Monarchy: 40 5 5 49
  2. (chess) king Tags: masculine
    Sense id: en-brenin-cy-noun-6B3-aYQa Categories (other): Chess, Chess, Male Disambiguation of Chess: 0 94 0 5 Disambiguation of Male: 9 47 10 34 Topics: board-games, chess, games
  3. (card games) king Tags: masculine
    Sense id: en-brenin-cy-noun-6B3-aYQa1 Categories (other): Card games, Card games Disambiguation of Card games: 8 17 52 24 Topics: card-games, games
  4. (ornithology) monarch (Hypothymis) Tags: masculine
    Sense id: en-brenin-cy-noun-RFQLSx8h Categories (other): Ornithology, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Welsh entries with incorrect language header, Welsh links with redundant wikilinks, Corvoid birds, Monarchy Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 17 24 26 34 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 17 22 25 36 Disambiguation of Welsh entries with incorrect language header: 16 22 22 39 Disambiguation of Welsh links with redundant wikilinks: 20 21 18 42 Disambiguation of Corvoid birds: 13 15 20 52 Disambiguation of Monarchy: 40 5 5 49 Topics: biology, natural-sciences, ornithology
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: brenhinbysg (english: kingfish), brenhines (english: queen), brenhiniaeth (english: kingdom), brenhinllin (english: dynasty), brenhinol (english: royal), brenhinwr, brenhinwraig (english: royalist), brenin byrgrib (english: short-crested blue monarch), brenin goleulas (english: celestial monarch), brenin gwarddu (english: black-naped monarch), crys y brenin (english: henbane), eli'r brenin (english: human excrement; king's balm) [literally]

Inflected forms

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    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "english": "kingfish",
      "translation": "kingfish",
      "word": "brenhinbysg"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "english": "queen",
      "translation": "queen",
      "word": "brenhines"
    },
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      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "english": "kingdom",
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    },
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      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "english": "dynasty",
      "translation": "dynasty",
      "word": "brenhinllin"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "english": "royal",
      "translation": "royal",
      "word": "brenhinol"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "english": "royalist",
      "translation": "royalist",
      "word": "brenhinwr, brenhinwraig"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "english": "short-crested blue monarch",
      "translation": "short-crested blue monarch",
      "word": "brenin byrgrib"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "english": "celestial monarch",
      "translation": "celestial monarch",
      "word": "brenin goleulas"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "english": "black-naped monarch",
      "translation": "black-naped monarch",
      "word": "brenin gwarddu"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "english": "henbane",
      "translation": "henbane",
      "word": "crys y brenin"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "english": "human excrement; king's balm",
      "tags": [
        "literally"
      ],
      "translation": "human excrement; king's balm",
      "word": "eli'r brenin"
    }
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      "form": "frenin",
      "source": "mutation",
      "tags": [
        "soft"
      ]
    },
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      "form": "mrenin",
      "source": "mutation",
      "tags": [
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        },
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          "word": "teyrn"
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        {
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        }
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      "ipa": "/ˈbreːnɪn/",
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      "ipa": "/ˈbrɛnɪn/",
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    "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 derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *bʰerǵʰ-",
    "Welsh terms inherited from Middle Welsh",
    "Welsh terms inherited from Proto-Brythonic",
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      "word": "brenhinbysg"
    },
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      "english": "queen",
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      "word": "brenhines"
    },
    {
      "english": "kingdom",
      "translation": "kingdom",
      "word": "brenhiniaeth"
    },
    {
      "english": "dynasty",
      "translation": "dynasty",
      "word": "brenhinllin"
    },
    {
      "english": "royal",
      "translation": "royal",
      "word": "brenhinol"
    },
    {
      "english": "royalist",
      "translation": "royalist",
      "word": "brenhinwr, brenhinwraig"
    },
    {
      "english": "short-crested blue monarch",
      "translation": "short-crested blue monarch",
      "word": "brenin byrgrib"
    },
    {
      "english": "celestial monarch",
      "translation": "celestial monarch",
      "word": "brenin goleulas"
    },
    {
      "english": "black-naped monarch",
      "translation": "black-naped monarch",
      "word": "brenin gwarddu"
    },
    {
      "english": "henbane",
      "translation": "henbane",
      "word": "crys y brenin"
    },
    {
      "english": "human excrement; king's balm",
      "tags": [
        "literally"
      ],
      "translation": "human excrement; king's balm",
      "word": "eli'r brenin"
    }
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    },
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    },
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    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈbrɛnɪn/",
      "tags": [
        "South-Wales"
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    }
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}

Download raw JSONL data for brenin meaning in Welsh (4.3kB)

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