See brân in All languages combined, or Wiktionary
{
"derived": [
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0",
"english": "spidery writing",
"translation": "spidery writing",
"word": "baglau brain"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0",
"word": "brân dyddyn"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0",
"english": "carrion crow",
"translation": "carrion crow",
"word": "brân furgyn"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0",
"english": "pied crow",
"translation": "pied crow",
"word": "brân fraith"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0",
"word": "brân goesgoch"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0",
"word": "brân bicoch"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0",
"english": "chough",
"translation": "chough",
"word": "brân Gernyw"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0",
"english": "hooded crow",
"translation": "hooded crow",
"word": "brân lwyd"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0",
"english": "white crow; rarity",
"translation": "white crow; rarity",
"word": "brân wen"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0",
"english": "large-billed crow",
"translation": "large-billed crow",
"word": "brân y goedwig"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0",
"english": "house crow",
"translation": "house crow",
"word": "brân y tai"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0",
"english": "to herd cats; to herd crows",
"tags": [
"literally"
],
"translation": "to herd cats; to herd crows",
"word": "bugeilio'r brain"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0",
"word": "bwbach brain"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0",
"english": "scarecrow",
"translation": "scarecrow",
"word": "bwgan brain"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0",
"english": "raven",
"translation": "raven",
"word": "cigfran"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0",
"word": "crafanc y frân"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0",
"english": "crowfoot, buttercup",
"translation": "crowfoot, buttercup",
"word": "troed y frân"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0",
"english": "cold enough to freeze the balls off a brass monkey; cold enough to stiffen crows",
"tags": [
"literally"
],
"translation": "cold enough to freeze the balls off a brass monkey; cold enough to stiffen crows",
"word": "digon oer i sythu brain"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0",
"english": "as the crow flies",
"translation": "as the crow flies",
"word": "fel yr hed y frân"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0",
"english": "fruitcrow",
"translation": "fruitcrow",
"word": "ffrwythfrân"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0",
"english": "a parent does not see the faults of his or her own child",
"translation": "a parent does not see the faults of his or her own child",
"word": "gwyn y gwêl y frân ei chyw"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0",
"english": "crowberries",
"translation": "crowberries",
"word": "llus y brain"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0",
"english": "bilberries",
"translation": "bilberries",
"word": "mwyar y brain"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0",
"english": "mess; crow's feet",
"translation": "mess; crow's feet",
"word": "traed brain"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0",
"word": "ydfran"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0",
"word": "brân bigwen"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0",
"english": "rook",
"translation": "rook",
"word": "cadfran"
}
],
"etymology_links": [
[
"bran",
"bran#Middle_Welsh"
],
[
"*bran",
"Reconstruction:Proto-Brythonic/bran"
],
[
"*branos",
"Reconstruction:Proto-Celtic/branos"
],
[
"*werneh₂-",
"Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-European/werneh₂-"
],
[
"wrauña",
"wrauña#Tocharian_B"
],
[
"várna",
"varna#Lithuanian"
],
[
"wrona",
"wrona#Polish"
]
],
"etymology_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "cy",
"2": "wlm",
"3": "bran"
},
"expansion": "Middle Welsh bran",
"name": "inh"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "cy",
"2": "cel-bry-pro",
"3": "*bran"
},
"expansion": "Proto-Brythonic *bran",
"name": "inh"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "cy",
"2": "cel-pro",
"3": "*branos"
},
"expansion": "Proto-Celtic *branos",
"name": "inh"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "cy",
"2": "ine-pro",
"3": "*werneh₂-"
},
"expansion": "Proto-Indo-European *werneh₂-",
"name": "inh"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "txb",
"2": "wrauña"
},
"expansion": "Tocharian B wrauña",
"name": "cog"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "lt",
"2": "várna"
},
"expansion": "Lithuanian várna",
"name": "cog"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "pl",
"2": "wrona"
},
"expansion": "Polish wrona",
"name": "cog"
}
],
"etymology_text": "From Middle Welsh bran, from Proto-Brythonic *bran, from Proto-Celtic *branos, from Proto-Indo-European *werneh₂-.\nCompare Tocharian B wrauña, Lithuanian várna, Polish wrona.",
"forms": [
{
"form": "brain",
"tags": [
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "no-table-tags",
"source": "mutation",
"tags": [
"table-tags"
]
},
{
"form": "cy-mut",
"source": "mutation",
"tags": [
"inflection-template"
]
},
{
"form": "brân",
"source": "mutation",
"tags": [
"error-unrecognized-form"
]
},
{
"form": "frân",
"source": "mutation",
"tags": [
"soft"
]
},
{
"form": "mrân",
"source": "mutation",
"tags": [
"error-unrecognized-form"
]
}
],
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{
"args": {
"1": "f",
"2": "brain"
},
"expansion": "brân f (plural brain)",
"name": "cy-noun"
}
],
"inflection_templates": [
{
"args": {},
"name": "cy-mut"
}
],
"lang": "Welsh",
"lang_code": "cy",
"pos": "noun",
"senses": [
{
"categories": [
{
"_dis": "32 32 19 5 12",
"kind": "other",
"name": "Pages with 2 entries",
"parents": [],
"source": "w+disamb"
},
{
"_dis": "39 39 12 3 8",
"kind": "other",
"name": "Pages with entries",
"parents": [],
"source": "w+disamb"
},
{
"_dis": "29 29 22 2 18",
"kind": "other",
"name": "Welsh entries with incorrect language header",
"parents": [],
"source": "w+disamb"
},
{
"_dis": "35 37 24 2 2",
"kind": "other",
"langcode": "cy",
"name": "Corvids",
"orig": "cy:Corvids",
"parents": [],
"source": "w+disamb"
}
],
"glosses": [
"crow, bird of genus Corvus",
"especially rook (Corvus frugilegus)"
],
"id": "en-brân-cy-noun-PDBOVqRB",
"links": [
[
"crow",
"crow"
],
[
"Corvus",
"Corvus#Translingual"
],
[
"rook",
"rook"
],
[
"Corvus frugilegus",
"Corvus frugilegus#Translingual"
]
],
"synonyms": [
{
"word": "ydfran"
}
],
"tags": [
"feminine"
]
},
{
"categories": [
{
"_dis": "32 32 19 5 12",
"kind": "other",
"name": "Pages with 2 entries",
"parents": [],
"source": "w+disamb"
},
{
"_dis": "39 39 12 3 8",
"kind": "other",
"name": "Pages with entries",
"parents": [],
"source": "w+disamb"
},
{
"_dis": "29 29 22 2 18",
"kind": "other",
"name": "Welsh entries with incorrect language header",
"parents": [],
"source": "w+disamb"
},
{
"_dis": "35 37 24 2 2",
"kind": "other",
"langcode": "cy",
"name": "Corvids",
"orig": "cy:Corvids",
"parents": [],
"source": "w+disamb"
}
],
"glosses": [
"crow, bird of genus Corvus",
"and raven (Corvus corax)"
],
"id": "en-brân-cy-noun-O3R73m-n",
"links": [
[
"crow",
"crow"
],
[
"Corvus",
"Corvus#Translingual"
],
[
"raven",
"raven"
],
[
"Corvus corax",
"Corvus corax#Translingual"
]
],
"synonyms": [
{
"word": "cigfran"
}
],
"tags": [
"feminine"
]
},
{
"categories": [
{
"_dis": "32 32 19 5 12",
"kind": "other",
"name": "Pages with 2 entries",
"parents": [],
"source": "w+disamb"
},
{
"_dis": "39 39 12 3 8",
"kind": "other",
"name": "Pages with entries",
"parents": [],
"source": "w+disamb"
},
{
"_dis": "29 29 22 2 18",
"kind": "other",
"name": "Welsh entries with incorrect language header",
"parents": [],
"source": "w+disamb"
},
{
"_dis": "35 37 24 2 2",
"kind": "other",
"langcode": "cy",
"name": "Corvids",
"orig": "cy:Corvids",
"parents": [],
"source": "w+disamb"
}
],
"glosses": [
"crowbar"
],
"id": "en-brân-cy-noun-vgyWsX2E",
"links": [
[
"crowbar",
"crowbar"
]
],
"tags": [
"feminine"
]
},
{
"glosses": [
"mouldboard (of plough)"
],
"id": "en-brân-cy-noun-Ya8CiWY3",
"links": [
[
"mouldboard",
"mouldboard"
]
],
"synonyms": [
{
"word": "chwelydr"
}
],
"tags": [
"feminine"
]
},
{
"categories": [
{
"_dis": "32 32 19 5 12",
"kind": "other",
"name": "Pages with 2 entries",
"parents": [],
"source": "w+disamb"
},
{
"_dis": "29 29 22 2 18",
"kind": "other",
"name": "Welsh entries with incorrect language header",
"parents": [],
"source": "w+disamb"
}
],
"glosses": [
"ratchet bar (of cart)"
],
"id": "en-brân-cy-noun-P6WHs-oA",
"links": [
[
"ratchet bar",
"ratchet bar"
]
],
"tags": [
"feminine"
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"ipa": "/braːn/"
},
{
"rhymes": "-aːn"
}
],
"word": "brân"
}
{
"categories": [
"Pages with 2 entries",
"Pages with entries",
"Rhymes:Welsh/aːn",
"Rhymes:Welsh/aːn/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 inherited from Proto-Indo-European",
"cy:Corvids"
],
"derived": [
{
"english": "spidery writing",
"translation": "spidery writing",
"word": "baglau brain"
},
{
"word": "brân dyddyn"
},
{
"english": "carrion crow",
"translation": "carrion crow",
"word": "brân furgyn"
},
{
"english": "pied crow",
"translation": "pied crow",
"word": "brân fraith"
},
{
"word": "brân goesgoch"
},
{
"word": "brân bicoch"
},
{
"english": "chough",
"translation": "chough",
"word": "brân Gernyw"
},
{
"english": "hooded crow",
"translation": "hooded crow",
"word": "brân lwyd"
},
{
"english": "white crow; rarity",
"translation": "white crow; rarity",
"word": "brân wen"
},
{
"english": "large-billed crow",
"translation": "large-billed crow",
"word": "brân y goedwig"
},
{
"english": "house crow",
"translation": "house crow",
"word": "brân y tai"
},
{
"english": "to herd cats; to herd crows",
"tags": [
"literally"
],
"translation": "to herd cats; to herd crows",
"word": "bugeilio'r brain"
},
{
"word": "bwbach brain"
},
{
"english": "scarecrow",
"translation": "scarecrow",
"word": "bwgan brain"
},
{
"english": "raven",
"translation": "raven",
"word": "cigfran"
},
{
"word": "crafanc y frân"
},
{
"english": "crowfoot, buttercup",
"translation": "crowfoot, buttercup",
"word": "troed y frân"
},
{
"english": "cold enough to freeze the balls off a brass monkey; cold enough to stiffen crows",
"tags": [
"literally"
],
"translation": "cold enough to freeze the balls off a brass monkey; cold enough to stiffen crows",
"word": "digon oer i sythu brain"
},
{
"english": "as the crow flies",
"translation": "as the crow flies",
"word": "fel yr hed y frân"
},
{
"english": "fruitcrow",
"translation": "fruitcrow",
"word": "ffrwythfrân"
},
{
"english": "a parent does not see the faults of his or her own child",
"translation": "a parent does not see the faults of his or her own child",
"word": "gwyn y gwêl y frân ei chyw"
},
{
"english": "crowberries",
"translation": "crowberries",
"word": "llus y brain"
},
{
"english": "bilberries",
"translation": "bilberries",
"word": "mwyar y brain"
},
{
"english": "mess; crow's feet",
"translation": "mess; crow's feet",
"word": "traed brain"
},
{
"word": "ydfran"
},
{
"word": "brân bigwen"
},
{
"english": "rook",
"translation": "rook",
"word": "cadfran"
}
],
"etymology_links": [
[
"bran",
"bran#Middle_Welsh"
],
[
"*bran",
"Reconstruction:Proto-Brythonic/bran"
],
[
"*branos",
"Reconstruction:Proto-Celtic/branos"
],
[
"*werneh₂-",
"Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-European/werneh₂-"
],
[
"wrauña",
"wrauña#Tocharian_B"
],
[
"várna",
"varna#Lithuanian"
],
[
"wrona",
"wrona#Polish"
]
],
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"2": "wlm",
"3": "bran"
},
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"name": "inh"
},
{
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"1": "cy",
"2": "cel-bry-pro",
"3": "*bran"
},
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},
{
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"2": "cel-pro",
"3": "*branos"
},
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},
{
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"1": "txb",
"2": "wrauña"
},
"expansion": "Tocharian B wrauña",
"name": "cog"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "lt",
"2": "várna"
},
"expansion": "Lithuanian várna",
"name": "cog"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "pl",
"2": "wrona"
},
"expansion": "Polish wrona",
"name": "cog"
}
],
"etymology_text": "From Middle Welsh bran, from Proto-Brythonic *bran, from Proto-Celtic *branos, from Proto-Indo-European *werneh₂-.\nCompare Tocharian B wrauña, Lithuanian várna, Polish wrona.",
"forms": [
{
"form": "brain",
"tags": [
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "no-table-tags",
"source": "mutation",
"tags": [
"table-tags"
]
},
{
"form": "cy-mut",
"source": "mutation",
"tags": [
"inflection-template"
]
},
{
"form": "brân",
"source": "mutation",
"tags": [
"error-unrecognized-form"
]
},
{
"form": "frân",
"source": "mutation",
"tags": [
"soft"
]
},
{
"form": "mrân",
"source": "mutation",
"tags": [
"error-unrecognized-form"
]
}
],
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{
"args": {
"1": "f",
"2": "brain"
},
"expansion": "brân f (plural brain)",
"name": "cy-noun"
}
],
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{
"args": {},
"name": "cy-mut"
}
],
"lang": "Welsh",
"lang_code": "cy",
"pos": "noun",
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{
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"crow, bird of genus Corvus",
"especially rook (Corvus frugilegus)"
],
"links": [
[
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"crow"
],
[
"Corvus",
"Corvus#Translingual"
],
[
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],
[
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"Corvus frugilegus#Translingual"
]
],
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{
"word": "ydfran"
}
],
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"feminine"
]
},
{
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"and raven (Corvus corax)"
],
"links": [
[
"crow",
"crow"
],
[
"Corvus",
"Corvus#Translingual"
],
[
"raven",
"raven"
],
[
"Corvus corax",
"Corvus corax#Translingual"
]
],
"synonyms": [
{
"word": "cigfran"
}
],
"tags": [
"feminine"
]
},
{
"glosses": [
"crowbar"
],
"links": [
[
"crowbar",
"crowbar"
]
],
"tags": [
"feminine"
]
},
{
"glosses": [
"mouldboard (of plough)"
],
"links": [
[
"mouldboard",
"mouldboard"
]
],
"synonyms": [
{
"word": "chwelydr"
}
],
"tags": [
"feminine"
]
},
{
"glosses": [
"ratchet bar (of cart)"
],
"links": [
[
"ratchet bar",
"ratchet bar"
]
],
"tags": [
"feminine"
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"ipa": "/braːn/"
},
{
"rhymes": "-aːn"
}
],
"word": "brân"
}
Download raw JSONL data for brân meaning in Welsh (5.5kB)
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