"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 Categories (topical): Card games, Male, Monarchy
    Sense id: en-brenin-cy-noun-Yc6AgCTp Disambiguation of Card games: 44 22 34 Disambiguation of Male: 68 16 16 Disambiguation of Monarchy: 79 10 10 Categories (other): Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Welsh entries with incorrect language header, Welsh links with redundant wikilinks Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 45 28 28 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 50 25 25 Disambiguation of Welsh entries with incorrect language header: 48 26 26 Disambiguation of Welsh links with redundant wikilinks: 63 19 19
  2. (chess) king Tags: masculine Categories (topical): Chess, Chess
    Sense id: en-brenin-cy-noun-6B3-aYQa Disambiguation of Chess: 35 46 19 Topics: board-games, chess, games
  3. (card games) king Tags: masculine Categories (topical): Card games
    Sense id: en-brenin-cy-noun-6B3-aYQa1 Topics: card-games, games
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: rhi, pennaeth, tywysog, teyrn Derived forms: brenhines (english: queen), brenhiniaeth (english: kingdom), brenhinllin (english: dynasty), brenhinol (english: royal), brenhinwr, brenhinwraig (english: royalist), crys y brenin (english: henbane)

Inflected forms

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    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "english": "queen",
      "word": "brenhines"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "english": "kingdom",
      "word": "brenhiniaeth"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "english": "dynasty",
      "word": "brenhinllin"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "english": "royal",
      "word": "brenhinol"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "english": "royalist",
      "word": "brenhinwr, brenhinwraig"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "english": "henbane",
      "word": "crys y brenin"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "cy",
        "2": "ine-pro",
        "3": "*bʰerǵʰ-"
      },
      "expansion": "",
      "name": "root"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "cy",
        "2": "wlm",
        "3": "brenhin"
      },
      "expansion": "Middle Welsh brenhin",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "cy",
        "2": "cel-bry-pro",
        "3": "*brɨɣėntin"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Brythonic *brɨɣėntin",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "cy",
        "2": "cel-pro",
        "3": "*brigantīnos",
        "4": "",
        "5": "(someone) pre-eminent, outstanding"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Celtic *brigantīnos (“(someone) pre-eminent, outstanding”)",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "cy",
        "2": "ine-pro",
        "3": "*bʰerǵʰ-"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Indo-European *bʰerǵʰ-",
      "name": "der"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Middle Welsh brenhin, from Proto-Brythonic *brɨɣėntin, from Proto-Celtic *brigantīnos (“(someone) pre-eminent, outstanding”), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰerǵʰ-.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "brenhinoedd",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "brenhines",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "mutation",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "cy-mut",
      "source": "mutation",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "brenin",
      "source": "mutation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "frenin",
      "source": "mutation",
      "tags": [
        "soft"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "mrenin",
      "source": "mutation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    }
  ],
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        "1": "m",
        "2": "brenhinoedd",
        "f": "brenhines"
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      "name": "cy-noun"
    }
  ],
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    {
      "args": {},
      "name": "cy-mut"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Welsh",
  "lang_code": "cy",
  "pos": "noun",
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    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "brenhines"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "castell"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "esgob"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "marchog"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "gwerinwr"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "as"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "dau"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "tri"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "pedwar"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "pump"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "chwech"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "saith"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "wyth"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "naw"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "deg"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "jac"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "milwr"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "jocer"
    }
  ],
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        {
          "_dis": "45 28 28",
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          "name": "Pages with 1 entry",
          "parents": [],
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        },
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          "_dis": "50 25 25",
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          "_dis": "63 19 19",
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          "name": "Card games",
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            "Recreation",
            "Human activity",
            "Human behaviour",
            "Human",
            "All topics",
            "Fundamental"
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          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "68 16 16",
          "kind": "topical",
          "langcode": "cy",
          "name": "Male",
          "orig": "cy:Male",
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            "Biology",
            "Psychology",
            "Sociology",
            "Sciences",
            "Social sciences",
            "All topics",
            "Society",
            "Fundamental"
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          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
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            "High society",
            "Government",
            "Society",
            "Politics",
            "All topics",
            "Fundamental"
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          "source": "w+disamb"
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        "king, monarch, sovereign (abbrev. bre)"
      ],
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          "king"
        ],
        [
          "monarch",
          "monarch"
        ],
        [
          "sovereign",
          "sovereign"
        ],
        [
          "bre",
          "bre"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ]
    },
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        {
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          "langcode": "cy",
          "name": "Chess",
          "orig": "cy:Chess",
          "parents": [
            "Board games",
            "Tabletop games",
            "Games",
            "Recreation",
            "Human activity",
            "Human behaviour",
            "Human",
            "All topics",
            "Fundamental"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        },
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            "Board games",
            "Tabletop games",
            "Games",
            "Recreation",
            "Human activity",
            "Human behaviour",
            "Human",
            "All topics",
            "Fundamental"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
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        "king"
      ],
      "id": "en-brenin-cy-noun-6B3-aYQa",
      "links": [
        [
          "chess",
          "chess"
        ],
        [
          "king",
          "king"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(chess) king"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "topics": [
        "board-games",
        "chess",
        "games"
      ]
    },
    {
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          "langcode": "cy",
          "name": "Card games",
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          "parents": [
            "Games",
            "Recreation",
            "Human activity",
            "Human behaviour",
            "Human",
            "All topics",
            "Fundamental"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "king"
      ],
      "id": "en-brenin-cy-noun-6B3-aYQa1",
      "links": [
        [
          "card game",
          "card game"
        ],
        [
          "king",
          "king"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(card games) king"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "topics": [
        "card-games",
        "games"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈbrɛnɪn/",
      "tags": [
        "North-Wales"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈbreːnɪn/",
      "tags": [
        "South-Wales"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈbrɛnɪn/",
      "tags": [
        "South-Wales"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "rhi"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "pennaeth"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "tywysog"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "teyrn"
    }
  ],
  "word": "brenin"
}
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  "categories": [
    "Pages with 1 entry",
    "Pages with entries",
    "Welsh countable nouns",
    "Welsh entries with incorrect language header",
    "Welsh lemmas",
    "Welsh links with redundant wikilinks",
    "Welsh masculine nouns",
    "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",
    "Welsh terms inherited from Proto-Celtic",
    "cy:Card games",
    "cy:Chess",
    "cy:Male",
    "cy:Monarchy"
  ],
  "derived": [
    {
      "english": "queen",
      "word": "brenhines"
    },
    {
      "english": "kingdom",
      "word": "brenhiniaeth"
    },
    {
      "english": "dynasty",
      "word": "brenhinllin"
    },
    {
      "english": "royal",
      "word": "brenhinol"
    },
    {
      "english": "royalist",
      "word": "brenhinwr, brenhinwraig"
    },
    {
      "english": "henbane",
      "word": "crys y brenin"
    }
  ],
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      },
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    },
    {
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      },
      "expansion": "Middle Welsh brenhin",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
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      },
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  "etymology_text": "From Middle Welsh brenhin, from Proto-Brythonic *brɨɣėntin, from Proto-Celtic *brigantīnos (“(someone) pre-eminent, outstanding”), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰerǵʰ-.",
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      "form": "brenhinoedd",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "brenhines",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "mutation",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
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        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "brenin",
      "source": "mutation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "frenin",
      "source": "mutation",
      "tags": [
        "soft"
      ]
    },
    {
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      "source": "mutation",
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        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
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    }
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  "lang_code": "cy",
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    {
      "word": "castell"
    },
    {
      "word": "esgob"
    },
    {
      "word": "marchog"
    },
    {
      "word": "gwerinwr"
    },
    {
      "word": "as"
    },
    {
      "word": "dau"
    },
    {
      "word": "tri"
    },
    {
      "word": "pedwar"
    },
    {
      "word": "pump"
    },
    {
      "word": "chwech"
    },
    {
      "word": "saith"
    },
    {
      "word": "wyth"
    },
    {
      "word": "naw"
    },
    {
      "word": "deg"
    },
    {
      "word": "jac"
    },
    {
      "word": "milwr"
    },
    {
      "word": "jocer"
    }
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      ],
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          "bre",
          "bre"
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          "chess"
        ],
        [
          "king",
          "king"
        ]
      ],
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        "(chess) king"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
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        "board-games",
        "chess",
        "games"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "cy:Card games"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "king"
      ],
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          "card game"
        ],
        [
          "king",
          "king"
        ]
      ],
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        "(card games) king"
      ],
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        "masculine"
      ],
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        "card-games",
        "games"
      ]
    }
  ],
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    {
      "ipa": "/ˈbrɛnɪn/",
      "tags": [
        "North-Wales"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈbreːnɪn/",
      "tags": [
        "South-Wales"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈbrɛnɪn/",
      "tags": [
        "South-Wales"
      ]
    }
  ],
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      "word": "rhi"
    },
    {
      "word": "pennaeth"
    },
    {
      "word": "tywysog"
    },
    {
      "word": "teyrn"
    }
  ],
  "word": "brenin"
}

Download raw JSONL data for brenin meaning in Welsh (3.7kB)

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